Question

One third of the checking accounts at Bancorpsouth earn interest. If 2500 accounts are this type, how many total checking accounts does that bank have?

Answer 1

there are 7500 total checking accounts in bank .

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we have , One third of the checking accounts at Bancorpsouth earn interest. If 2500 accounts are this type, we need to find how many total checking accounts does that bank have .Let's find out:

Let total checking accounts be x , according to question it's given that  One third of the checking accounts at Bancorpsouth earn interest and 2500 are such accounts i.e.

⇒ $\frac{1(x)}{3} =2500$

⇒ $\frac{x}{3} =2500$

⇒ $\frac{x}{3}(3)=2500(3)$

⇒ $x=2500(3)$

⇒ $x=7500$

Therefore , there are 7500 total checking accounts in bank .