Question

Stephanie spent 4​% of x hours at her​ part-time job. What is x if 4​% of x is about 40 ​hours? Explain how you estimated and which property of equality you used to find x.
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Part 1
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Use the
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addition
multiplication
division
subtraction
property of equality to
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decrease
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enter your response here​, and solve for x.
​(Type whole​ numbers.)

Answer 1

4% = 1/25.

So (1/25)x = 40. Use the multiplication property of equality to multiply each side by 25:

x = 40 × 25 = 1000.

Estimate check: 1% of 1000 is 10, so 4% is 4 × 10 = 40, which matches.