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?
A.576
B. 240
C.144
D.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?
A.576 
B. 240
C.144
D.960

anonymous · Answer

@catlover5925

anonymous · Answer

you will need to solve for x
you can do these by that collecting the like terms

anonymous · Answer

if u move x to the LHS then it will be
x-0.6x=384
note x is also 1x

anonymous · Answer

1x-0.6x=384
can you solve that now @Lexi_Smith11_06_14_

catlover5925 · Answer

ok you have 0.6x + 384 = X the =X doesn't make sense it has to equal something in order to solve for X

anonymous · Answer

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