Question

find the whole quantity if 40percent of it is 500​

Answer 1

Answer:

answer is 1250

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Answer 2

Answer :-

• The whole quantity is 1250.

Given :-

• 40 percent of the whole quantity is 500.

To find :-

• The whole quantity.

Step-by-step explanation :-

• Let the whole quantity be "x".

• It has been given that 40% of the whole quantity is 500. So that means 40% of x is 500.

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$\sf40\% \: of \: x = 500$

Converting 40% into fraction,

$\sf\dfrac{40}{100} \times x = 500$

Cutting off the zeroes,

$\sf \dfrac{4}{10} \times x = 500$

Multiplying 4/10 with x,

$\sf\dfrac{4x}{10} = 500$

Transposing 10 from LHS to RHS, changing it's sign,

$\sf4x = 500 \times 10$

Multiplying 500 with 10,

$\sf4x = 5000$

Transposing 4 from LHS to RHS, changing it's sign,

$\sf x = \dfrac{5000}{4}$

Dividing 5000 by 4,

$\overline{\boxed{\sf x = 1250}}$

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• Hence, the whole quantity is 1250.