Five sevenths of what number is 43

Answer 1

You can solve this problem by creating an equation and solving it using inverse operations. Let's use the variable, x, to represent the unknown number.

5 • x = 43

7

Multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 5/7 (or 7/5):

7 • 5 • x = 43 • 7

5 7 5

x = 60 1

5