Janet gave 5/8 of her old coins to Karen. If she gave 250 old coins to karen, how many coins did she have at first?

5/8x = 250

x = 250/(5/8)

x = 250 * (8/5)

x = 2000/5

x = 400

What is the answer

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To find out how many coins Janet had initially, we can use a proportion.

Let's set up the proportion:

Given that Janet gave 5/8 of her old coins to Karen, we can say that the amount she gave (250 coins) is equal to 5/8 of her initial amount.

Let x be Janet's initial number of coins. We can set up the proportion:

(5/8) * x = 250

To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 5/8, which is 8/5.

(5/8) * x * (8/5) = 250 * (8/5)

Simplifying:
x = (250 * 8) / 5

x = 2000 / 5

x = 400

Therefore, Janet initially had 400 coins.