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 \( \boxed{30} \).