Question

Kelly ate 3 apples. this represents 60% of the bag of apples.how many apples were originally in the bag?

Answer 1

Answer:

5 apples

Step-by-step explanation:

60/100* x = 3

6*x/10=3

6*x=30

x=30/6

x=5

Answer 2

Answer:

5 apples

Step-by-step explanation:

60% of 100 equals 60 right? Yet, she took away 3 apples so therefore we have to divide 60 by 3 to get 20. If each of the three apples were 20% you just need to multiply by whatever number needed to bring that amount to 100%. So therefore, you would multiply 20% by 5 in order to get 100% and that would represent how many apples she originally had.