Question

a student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received 98% how many problems were there on the test if they all had the same amount of points.
I crossed multiplied but forgot whats next. Please don't give me the answer I just need to know what's next to do.

Answer 1

86 / .98 = x / 1.00

86 * 1.00 = x * .98

solve for x

Answer 2

Can you explain more, sorry im just not understanding