In an office building, 64 offices are currently being rented. This represents 40% of the total units. How many offices are there in the building?
How can i find x?
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To find the total number of offices in the building, we need to find the whole, which represents 100% of the units.
We are given that 64 offices represent 40% of the total units.
First, we need to find how many offices represent 1% of the total units. We do this by dividing the number of offices by the percentage: 64 / 40 = 1.6 offices represent 1%.
Since we can't have a fraction of an office, we round 1.6 to the nearest whole number, which is 2. Therefore, 2 offices represent 1%.
To find out how many offices represent 100%, we multiply the number of offices representing 1% by 100: 2 x 100 = 200 offices.
Therefore, there are 200 offices in the building.
0.40 x = 64
Now find x
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Just do or punch your calculator
x=64/(0.40)
40x/100=64
40x=6400
X=6400/40