Question

Jacob copies 30% of a document. He copies 8 pages. Write the number of pages in the
document.​

Answer 1

There are 27 pages in the doc

Answer 2

27

Explanation:

Number of documents

jacob copies 30% of a document which is 8 pages

we can solve this using cross multiplication

30 % : 8

100% : x

30%x = 100%*8

30% x = 8

x = 8/ 30%

x = 26.667

to 2sf

number of pages in the documents 27