Question

Sandy spent 5​% of x hours at her​ part-time job. What is x if 5​% of x is about 44 ​hours? Explain how you estimated and which property of equality you used to find x.

Answer 1

x = 880

Explanation:

if 5% of x = 44 hours;

Therefore, 0.05x = 44

hence x = 44÷0.05 = 880

The property of equality used here is the substitution property, because the value of x (880) was initially substituted with the letter x