Suppose a charity received a donation of
$22.2
million. If this represents
29%
of the charity's donated funds, what is the total amount of its donated funds?
Round your answer to the nearest million dollars.
We can start by setting up a proportion:
$22.2\text{ million} = 0.29x$
where $x$ is the total amount of donated funds. To solve for $x$, we can divide both sides by 0.29:
$x = \frac{22.2}{0.29} = 76.552\text{ million}$
Rounding to the nearest million gives us:
$x \approx \boxed{77\text{ million}}$
To find the total amount of the charity's donated funds, you can set up a proportion between the donation and the total donated funds.
Let "x" represent the total donated funds.
29% of x is equal to $22.2 million.
We can set up the proportion:
29/100 = 22.2/x
To solve for "x", we can cross-multiply:
29x = 100 * 22.2
Divide both sides of the equation by 29:
x = (100 * 22.2) / 29
x ≈ 76.552, rounded to the nearest million.
Therefore, the total amount of the charity's donated funds is approximately $77 million.