Last week, a sporting goods store had a big sale. During the sale, shoppers bought 1/15 of the store's basketballs.

(14/15)x = 308

x = 308 / (14/15)

x = 308 * (15/14)

x = 4620/14 = 330

oh okay, I see how you got the answer now. Thanks Mrs. Sue :)

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I have the same question but this way

Last​ week, a sporting goods store had a big sale. During the​ sale, shoppers bought one-thirteenth
of the​ store's basketballs. After the​ sale, there were 264 basketballs left. How many basketballs were there​ originally?

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

Step 1: Determine how much 1/15 of the original number of basketballs represents.
Step 2: Use this information to find the original number of basketballs.

Let's start with Step 1:

1. Determine how much 1/15 of the original number of basketballs represents.

We know that after the sale, 1/15 of the basketballs remained, which is equivalent to 308 basketballs.

To find "1," we can divide the total number of basketballs (308) by the fraction (1/15):

1 = 308 / (1/15)

To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal:

1 = 308 * (15/1)

Now we can simplify this:

1 = 308 * 15 = 4620

So, 1/15 of the original number of basketballs represents 4620.

Moving onto Step 2:

2. Use this information to find the original number of basketballs.

Since 1/15 represents 4620 basketballs, we can multiply both the numerator and denominator by 15 to find the original number of basketballs:

Original number of basketballs = 4620 * 15 = 69,300

Therefore, the original number of basketballs was 69,300.

To summarize:
The original number of basketballs in the store was 69,300.