Question

Members of a school band plan a car wash as a fundraiser. The band director takes a quick survey and finds that
70
%
of the band members are available to work the car wash.

If
42
members are available to work the car wash, how many members are in the school band?

Answer 1

Answer:

let total number man in school band=X

70% of its members ready to car wash

according to question,

X x70/100=42

X=42x100/70

X=60

then,60 members are in the school band.