SOLUTION: If 88 or 8% of boaters lost their cell phones. How many boaters are they?

Question 1203165: If 88 or 8% of boaters lost their cell phones. How many boaters are they?
Found 2 solutions by Theo, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
88 = .08 * x
x = 88/.08 = 1100
that's how many boaters there are.
1100 * .08 = 88

Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Literally as written -
b number of boaters,

--------------this many boaters
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