Question

What is the answer to. Tanner collected 360 cans and bottles while fundraising for his baseball team. This was 40% of what Reggie collected. How many cans and bottles did Reggie collect?

Answer 1

Answer:

Reggie collected 900 cans and bottles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Tanner collected 360 cans and bottles while fundraising for his baseball team.

This was 40% of what Reggie collected.

Now, to find the number of cans and bottles Reggie collected.

Let the number of cans and bottles Reggie collected be $x.$

Number of cans and bottles Tanner collected = 360.

Percentage of Reggie's collection = 40%.

Now, to get the number of cans and bottles Reggie collected:

$40\%\ of\ x=360$

$\frac{40}{100} \times x=360$

$0.40x=360$

Dividing both sides by 0.40 we get:

$x=900.$

Therefore, Reggie collected 900 cans and bottles.