One month, a music site observed that 60% of the people who downloaded songs from its site downloaded Q Sam's latest single. The equation below represents this information, where x represents the total number of people who downloaded songs from the site that month.

x = 0.6x + 384

How many people who downloaded songs from the site that month downloaded Q Sam's latest single?

576

240

144

960

Question

One month, a music site observed that 60% of the people who downloaded songs from its site downloaded Q Sam's latest single. The equation below represents this information, where x represents the total number of people who downloaded songs from the site that month.

x = 0.6x + 384

How many people who downloaded songs from the site that month downloaded Q Sam's latest single?

576

240

144

960

campbell_st · Answer

you need to solve for x.

first collect like terms

so subtract 0.6 x from both sides

x - 0.6x = 384

can you finish the question.

hang254 · Answer

You also could try to simply substitute all the possible answers for x, and get your answer that way.