Samantha has a coin collection. She keeps 2 of the coins in her box, which is 25% of the collection. How many total coins are in her collection?Answer:
Q. Samantha has a coin collection. She keeps 2 of the coins in her box, which is 25% of the collection. How many total coins are in her collection?Answer:
Understand Relationship: Understand the relationship between the part and the whole in percentage problems.Samantha has 2 coins, which represent 25% of her total collection. We need to find the total number of coins in her collection.
Set Up Equation: Set up the equation based on the percentage formula: Percent (as a decimal) × Whole = Part.Here, the part is 2 coins, and the percent is 25% (or 0.25 as a decimal). Let the total number of coins be represented by 'x'.The equation is: 0.25×x=2.
Solve for 'x': Solve for 'x' by isolating it on one side of the equation.Divide both sides of the equation by 0.25 to find the value of 'x'.x=0.252.
Perform Division: Perform the division to find the total number of coins. x=0.252=8.
Verify Solution: Verify the solution by checking if 25% of the total number of coins equals 2. 25% of 8 is (10025)×8=2.
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