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In a store parking lot, 60% of the vehicles are white. If there are 24 white vehicles, how many vehicles are in the parking lot?

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Answer:

40 vehicle's

Explanation:

set up an equation of 60/100=24/x, x is the unknow amount.

then "multiply like a butterfly" to get 2400=60x then divide both sides by x to get 40

you can also mutiply 40 by 60% to check your answer

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