Miranda is taking tennis lessons in one lesson, she returned 36 balls out of all the balls served to her. If she returned 40% of the balls, how many balls were served to her?

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Sulfureous · Answer 1 · 2021-11-23T17:22:54+0000

Answer:

90 balls

Explanation:

Set up proportion

36/x = 40/100

Cross multiply: 40x=3600

Solve for x

x=90

To check work:

40 percent of 90 would be 36

90(0.4)=36