SOLUTION: Charmaine needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Spanish class. She has memorized 30 of the words, which is three-fifths of the list. How many words are on the list?

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Question 1109246: Charmaine needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Spanish class. She has memorized
30
of the words, which is three-fifths of the list. How many words are on the list?




Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x is the total number of words
3x%2F5=30%2F1 multiply each side by 5
3x=150 now divide each side by 3
x=50
so there are 50 total number of words