Question

145 is 16% of what number, how do I even start to solve this?

Answer 1

? anyone

Answer 2

@ducckyluver143 can you help me

Answer 3

x of 16=145
x *16/100=145
then simplify by cross multiplying
16x=14500
then find value of x by dividing both sides by 16
x= 906.25

Answer 4

thanks could you go more in depth, @Mariam.A

Answer 5

It helps a little bit if you know what the key words actually mean.
`is` means `=`
`of` means `multiply`
`per cent` means `per 100`
`what number` is our unknown that we'll call `x`.

145 `is` `16` `%` `of` `what number`

`145` `=` `16` `/100` `*` `x`

Answer 6

\[\Large\rm 145=\frac{16}{100}\cdot x\]

Answer 7

And then it requires a few algebra steps to solve for `x` from there, as Mariam showed.

Answer 8

what are those few steps

Answer 9

i also could use help on this question I don't know what to do

Answer 10

Soo will rent a car for the weekend. She can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of$44and costs an additional$0.14per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee of$51and costs an additional$0.12per mile driven.

Answer 11

for what amount of driving would the 2 plans cost the same? how would i calculate that

Answer 12

and what is the cost when the 2 plans cost the same

Answer 13

@zepdrix

Answer 14

@Nnesha could you help when you get a second

Answer 15

ill help you! and sorry i was taking my unit test for my online school ;(

Answer 16

@ducckyluver143 thanks man i'm really lost on this but i moved it to http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/542725c7e4b05a1848de120a