kate has a coin collection she keeps 7 of the coins in a box which is only 5% of her entire collection what is the total number of coins in kates coin collection

140

Step-by-step explanation:

so where trying to find the unknown total of coins so where gonna call that x

then we will make an equation 5% * x = 7

then to make it easier to solve we will convert 5% to a decimal. 05

and finally to find the answer we will divide both sides by. 05

this gives us x = 140 which is the answer