Question

Massimo ate 24 hotdogs in a hotdog eating contest, which was about 125% of the number of hotdogs eaten by his twin Tao. Approximately how many hotdogs did Tao eat?

Answer 1

Tao ate 19 hotdogs approximately.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Number of hotdogs eaten by Massimo = 24

This represents 125% of the hotdogs eaten by his twin Tao.

Let,

x be the number of hotdogs eaten by Tao.

125% of x = 24

$\frac{125}{100}x=24\\1.25x=24$

Dividing both sides by 1.25

$\frac{1.25x}{1.25}=\frac{24}{1.25}\\x=19.2$

Rounding off to nearest whole number

x=19

Tao ate 19 hotdogs approximately.

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