Jason has 65 T-shirts and wants to give away 15% of them to help clean out his closet.

Which equation will help him determine how many shirts to give away?
Responses
X = 15/65 ⋅ 100

X = 65⋅15 ⋅ 100

X = 65/15 ⋅ 100

X = 0.15 ⋅ 65

1 answer

To determine how many T-shirts Jason wants to give away (which is 15% of his total T-shirts), the correct equation to use is:

X = 0.15 ⋅ 65

This equation correctly represents that 15% of 65 T-shirts can be calculated by multiplying 65 by 0.15.