David is organizing a charity walkathon. He is collecting pledges from participants, and each participant has promised to donate $12. If David raises a total of $360, how many participants made pledges?

Answer 1

To find out how many participants made pledges, we can use the following formula:

$$\text{Total Amount Raised}=\text{Number of Participants}\times \text{Amount Pledged by Each Participant}$$

From the problem, we know:

• Total Amount Raised = $360
• Amount Pledged by Each Participant = $12

Let $x$ be the number of participants. We can set up the equation:

$$360=x\times 12$$

To solve for $x$, we can divide both sides of the equation by 12:

$$x=\frac{360}{12}$$

Calculating the right side:

$$x=30$$

Therefore, the number of participants that made pledges is $\boxed{{\displaystyle 30}}$.