Question

If 35% of your fruit is sold and you have 280 left how much did you start with? Use equivalent ratios.

Answer 1

Given:

35% of your fruit is sold and you have 280 left

Let the total of fruit = x

35% of x = 0.35x

so, left of the fruit =

$x-0.35x=0.65x$

Given the left of fruit = 280

so, we have the equation:

$0.65x=280$

Divide both sides by (0.65):

$x=\frac{280}{0.65}=430.77$

so, the answer will be the start with fruit = 430.77