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

mathstudent55 · Answer

Solve for x
First, subtract 0.6x from both sides. What do you get?

anonymous · Answer

383.4

mathstudent55 · Answer

You cant't combine 0.6x and 384

mathstudent55 · Answer

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