Question

Jordan is playing a video game. For every 35 stars she collects, she gets 4,000 points. Her record is 86,000 points. Which of the following proportions could she use to determine x, the number of stars she needs to tie her record?

Answer 1

Hello! I can help you with this! So, she get's 4,00 points for every 35 stars she gets. That proportion would be 35/4,000 = x/86,000 or it could be 4,000/35 = 86,000/x, because you don't know the amount of stars collected, but you know the total amount of points she earns. The proportions can be formatted a bit differently as long as they give you the same answer. The answers are A and E.

Answer 2

E. 
Fractions are just division.
In order for her to find the number of stars she needs to divide to find out how many she needs.