Question

Benjamin ran a total of 21 miles last month .This is 75% of the number of miles he wants to run this month. Slove the equation 0.75m =21 to find out how many miles ,m, Benjamin wants to run this month. Show your work

Answer 1

28

Explanation:

If 0.75m=21 then we can divide both sides by 3 to get 0.25m=7. Then just multiply both sides by 4 to get m=28. Hope this helps :)