Question

Margo freezes 8 cups of strawberries if this is 2/3 of the total strawberries that she picked how many cups of strawberries did margo pick

Answer 1

Answer:

12 cups.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the total cups of strawberries picked by Margo.

We have been given that Margo freezes 8 cups of strawberries and this is 2/3 of the total strawberries that she picked.

We need to find x such that 2/3 of x equals 8. We can represent this information in an equation as:

$\frac{2}{3}x=8$

Let us multiply both sides of our equation by 3.

$3*\frac{2}{3}x=3*8$

$2x=24$

Let us divide both sides of our equation by 2.

$\frac{2x}{2}=\frac{24}{2}$

$x=12$

Therefore, Margo picked 12 cups of strawberries.