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 that the ice cream shop sold that day?

Answer 1

Answer:

They sold 120 milkshakes that day

Step-by-step explanation:

We can set up a proportion

$\frac{48}{m} =\frac{2}{5}$

$48*5=2m\\ 2m = 240\\m = 120$

Note: If you have some value, $v$, and it is $\frac{x}{100}$ of the total amount, you can find the value by doing the equation $\frac{v}{x}*100$