after a storm damages the community center, shanika and her friends hold fundraising
events to pay for repairs. after the first event, they raise $240, which is 10% of the
total amount that they want to raise.
1) what is the total amount of money that shanika and her friends want to raise?
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The total amount of money Shanika and her friends want to raise is $2400.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

After a storm damages the community center, Shanika and her friends hold fundraising.

After the first event, they raise $240, which is 10% of the  total amount that they want to raise.

Now, to find the total amount of money that Shanika and her friends want to raise.

Let the total amount of money that Shanika and her friends want to raise be .

As given 10% of fundraise is $240.

So, according to question:

Multiplying both sides by 100 we get:

Dividing both sides by 10 we get:

Therefore, the total amount of money Shanika and her friends want to raise is $2400.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have

step-by-step explanation:

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