Question

Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the 27 red ones, which make up 60% percent of his collection.

How many toy cars does Samuel have?

Answer 1

there for the answer is C=45

Explanation:

The 27 red cars make up 60% of the total collection, here is the equation

to be solved:

27 = 60% of C C is the total cars in the collection

27 = .60 C

27 / .60 = C

45 = C

Answer 2

27/60 = 0.45/1%
0.45 x 100 = 45

Samuel has a total of 45 cars, 60% of the total cars are red. Which is 27 red, and 45 total cars.