Some candy bars are on a plate. Each candy bar is the same size. Nine friends are going to share the candy bars equally. Each fr
iend gets one-half a candy bar. How many candy bars are on the plate? Between what two whole numbers does the amount of candy bars shared lie? Show all your mathematical thinking.
we know that 60% of x is 120. we can rewrite this to .6x = 120, to get x we divide both sides by .6, so x = 200. now 120 + 30 = 150. then we divide 150 out of 200 which is .75 it 75%
