Question

Alisha and Paul earn service points for every hour they volunteer at the local library. Alisha earned 252 points, which is 140% of the number of points that Paul earned. How many points has Paul earned?

Answer 1

let points earned by paul be x


\(\Large\tt \color{black}{alisha's~~points=140 \% ~~ x}\)

\(\Large\tt \color{black}{252=\dfrac{140}{100}\times x}\)