Question

The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 10 people. If this number represents 5% of all the newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper have?
The newspaper has ___ readers.

Answer 1

Answer:

200 readers

Step-by-step explanation:

question is:  5% of what number is 10

is  =  percent

of           100

is = 10

of = unknown (call is 'n')

5% = 5/100

10  =  5  

x        100

now, cross-multiply:  5x = 1000

divide each side by 5

x = 200

Answer 2

Don’t know if I’m right but 50%