Question

4/5 of a number is 16.what is the number

Answer 1

Explanation:

So what I always do when seeing this is put in a variable ( x). I would then say 4/5 multiplied by x is 16. So X*4/5=16 now lets get X by itself so you divide both sides by 4/5 so it would look like this X=16/(4/5). Now what i do is divide 16 by just the numerator (4) that gives us 4 then you would multiply that answer by your denominator which would give you 20

Answer 2

20

Explanation:

x=the number

(4/5)x=16

4x=16*5

x=80/4

x=20