Question

an ice cream shop sold 48 vanilla milkshakes in a day, which was 40% of the total number of milkshakes sold that day. What was the total number of milkshakes sold that day?

Answer 1

Answer:

$120\ milkshakes$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x ----> the  total number of milkshakes sold that day

Remember that

$40\%=40/100=0.40$

we know that

The total number of milkshakes sold that day multiplied by the percentage of 40% in decimal form must be equal to 48

so

The linear equation that represent this problem is

$0.40x=48$

solve for x

Divided by 0.40 both sides

$x=48/0.40\\x=120\ milkshakes$