The product of two numbers is 48, and one of the numbers is 12. Find the other number.
Which equation can be used to solve this problem?
Responses
A 48x = 1248x = 12
B 12x = 4812x = 48
C x12
= 48/x 12 = 48
D x/48
= 12
The equation that can be used to solve this problem is D: x/48 = 12.
The equation that can be used to solve this problem is D) x/48 = 12
To solve this problem, we can use the equation A = B * C, where A is the product, B is one of the numbers, and C is the other number we want to find.
Given: The product of two numbers is 48, and one of the numbers is 12.
Denoting the other number as C, we have the equation 12 = 48 * C.
To solve for C, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 48:
12/48 = 48 * C/48
Simplifying,
1/4 = C
Therefore, the other number is 1/4 or 0.25.
Looking at the provided answer choices, none of them match the correct equation to solve this problem directly. So, none of the given equations can be used to solve this problem.