Question

The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 10 people. If this number represents 8​% of all of the​ newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper​ have?

Answer 1

The local newspaper has 250 readers in total

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that

Letter to the editor = 10

Also it is given that 10 is the 4% of total readers of the newspaper.

Let x be the number of readers of the newspaper

It can be written as:

Converting the percentage into decimal

The newspaper has 250 readers.

Hence,

The local newspaper has 250 readers in total