Question

Arah's Fitbit tells you that you have completed 73% of your goal for number of steps taken today. If you have taken 5,840

steps, what is your goal for the day?

Answer 1

8000 steps.

Explanation:

Let's call x the goal number of steps for the day.

73% can be written as 0.73.

So 0.73x = 5840

Solve for x by dividing both sides by 0.73

x = 5840/0.73 = 8000

The goal for the day is 8000 steps.

Answer 2

8,000

Explanation:

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