After the temple was destroyed, amenhotep found 1200 precious stones in the ruins. if 3 percent of these stones were rubies, how many rubies did amenhotep find?
1200/x=100/3 (1200/x)*x=(100/3)*x - we multiply both sides of the equation by x 1200=33.3333333333*x - we divide both sides of the equation by (33.3333333333) to get x 1200/33.3333333333=x x=36