Question

elenas daughter sold 23 boxes of girl scout cookies. she was told that this amount represented 10% of the troops sale. how many boxes did the troop sell?

Answer 1

see if the troop sold x boxes then 10% of x =23...k?

Answer 2

how do i find out how many they sold though?

Answer 3

assuming the troop sold some X number of boxes..ok...
then 10% OF X=23?

Answer 4

i still dont get it

Answer 5

i think elexusvanderhorst is asking u about the 10%... is that [part u dnt understand honey

Answer 6

Elena's daughter was told that the number of boxes she sold is 10% of the total number of boxes sold?

Answer 7

k?

Answer 8

i feel so stupid because i am not getting anything your saying

Answer 9

dont worry....suppose u have a cake now u cut 1/2 of the cake how much cake do you have left?

Answer 10

i dont know how to figure this stuff out?

Answer 11

let x= total sold by the troop
10%=.10
10%=1/10

let's use the fraction
(1/10)*x=23
multiply by 10(both sides)
x=230 boxes of expensive girl scout cookies

does that help?

Answer 12

yes thankyou so much

Answer 13

you're welcome