SOLUTION: on my algebra homework it asks 40% of what number is 20 and thats where I get stuck because i dont know if I should put the 20 over the 40 or vice versamfor the cross multipliacati

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Question 343169: on my algebra homework it asks 40% of what number is 20 and thats where I get stuck because i dont know if I should put the 20 over the 40 or vice versamfor the cross multipliacation
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The word "of" is a multiplication sign. So 40% (which is 0.40) of (meaning times) some number (let's call it ) is (which means equals) 20:



So



Only the arithmetic is left.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it