Question

40% of what number is 26? Please show work!

Answer 1

65

1) To find that, we need to write an equation:

`x(0.4)=26`

Note that we rewrote that 40% as 0.4.

2) Now, let's solve it

`\begin{gathered} x0.4=26 \\ (0.4x)/(0.4)=(26)/(0.4) \\ x=65 \end{gathered}`

3) So the 26 is 40% of 65