Lin’s family has completed 40% of a trip. They have traveled 24 miles. How far is the trip? (If you get stuck, draw a tape diagram) help

Christoferw asked Sep 10, 2022

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Lin’s family has completed 40% of a trip. They have traveled 24 miles. How far is the trip? (If you get stuck, draw a tape diagram)

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Christoferw asked Sep 10, 2022

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Answer:

60 miles total.

From the problem, we can write "24 miles is 40% of what?"

From there, we can write an expression and use basic algebra to solve

0.4x = 24

24/0.4=60

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