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At a construction job for a house, 5 painters were tasked with painting the interior. These painters made up 20% of the painting crew, so how many painters in all worked on this…

At a construction job for a house, 5 painters were tasked with painting the interior. These painters made up 20% of the painting crew, so how many painters in all worked on this…
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At a construction job for a house, 5 painters

were tasked with painting the interior. These
painters made up 20% of the painting crew,
so how many painters in all worked on this
job?

User Peter Prokop
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20%=5
20x5=100
5x5=25
25 painters in total
User Creyke
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