Question

The equation below could be used to solve which of the following problems?

Answer 1

For these problems, translate key words to operators in an equation:
"is" refers to an equal sign.
"of" refers to multiplication.
letters or variables refer to "what number"

25 = (.65)*w    ------->  25 is 65% of what number

Answer 2

The answer is A. Twenty-five is 65% of what number?
Why? This is due to how if you multiply 'w'(the number) by 0.65(65%) then you get 25. This indicates that whatever the number is, if it is multiplied by 65% it equals 25. Thus concluding that 25 is 65% of the unknown number.

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