SOLUTION: If 1/4 represents 40% of a number, what is the value of that original number?

Question 250762: If 1/4 represents 40% of a number, what is the value of that original number?
Found 2 solutions by dabanfield, richwmiller:
Answer by dabanfield(803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 1/4 represents 40% of a number, what is the value of that original number?
Let x be the original number.
Then we have:
1/4 = .40*x
Solve for x.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
40%=.40
.40x=1/4
.40x=.25
40x=25
8x=5
x=5/8=.625
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