2. Jessica ate 45 m&m's in a competition against her classmates. Jessica ate 60% of
the total m&m's eaten. How many m&m's were eaten in the competition?
Note that we can get the equation [tex]45 = 60\% \cdot x[/tex], where x is the total number of m&m's eaten. This becomes [tex]45 = \frac{60}{100}x \Rightarrow 45 = \frac{3}{5}x \Rightarrow x = 75[/tex]
