Benito read 14 books in 3 months, which was 35% of the number of books he had signed up to read during the school year. How many books did Benito sign up to read?

A.
40

B.
42

C.
56

D.
105

Question

Benito read 14 books in 3 months, which was 35% of the number of books he had signed up to read during the school year. How many books did Benito sign up to read?	
 
 A.
40
 
 B.
42
 
 C.
56
 
 D.
105

calculusxy · Answer

we will set this as an equation (but wit  words really). 

% of ___ = x

we can fill tis up as:
35% of ___ (the total we dont know yet) = 14 

can you solve for this?

calculusxy · Answer

do you know or not know because i can help u. i just asked in case u did know.