3/5 of the members of a hiking club went on the last hiking trip. if 39 people went on the last hiking trip how many are in the club?

65

3/5X = 39

Solve for X by multiplying both sides by 5/3.

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65

To find out how many people are in the hiking club, we can use the fact that 3/5 of the members went on the last hiking trip.

Let's denote the total number of members in the club as "x". We can set up a proportion to determine the value of x:

(3/5) * x = 39

To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can start by multiplying both sides of the equation by (5/3) to cancel out the fraction:

[(3/5) * x] * (5/3) = 39 * (5/3)

Simplifying the equation, we have:

x = 39 * (5/3)

Evaluating the right side of the equation:

x = 195/3

To get the exact value, we divide 195 by 3:

x ≈ 65

Therefore, there are approximately 65 members in the hiking club.