52 cars were built at the plant last month. If that was 80% of the cars on order, how many total cars were ordered?

Answer 1

To find the total number of cars ordered, we first need to determine what 100% represents if 52 cars were 80% of the total.

Let X be the total number of cars ordered.

We can set up a proportion to solve for X:
80% of X = 52
0.80X = 52

Divide by 0.80 on both sides to solve for X:
X = 52 / 0.80
X = 65

Therefore, a total of 65 cars were ordered.