Question

Jina needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Korean class. She has memorized 24 of the words, which is two-thirds of the list. How many words are on the list?

Answer 1

Let x be the total number of words on the list.

Answer 2

She read 2/3 of the words so,
\[\frac{ 2 }{ 3 } \times x = 24\]

Answer 3

So now
2 times x = 24 times 3

Answer 4

Solve for x now.

Answer 5

\[2 \times x = 24 \times 3\]

Answer 6

i got 72 ???

Answer 7

2 times x = 72

Answer 8

so now
x = 72/2

Answer 9

i got it by doing 24 * 3

Answer 10

so 36 ?

Answer 11

CORRECT!!!

Answer 12

yay thank you