Question

A store sold 5% of a new shipment of toys. If the store sold 16 of

these toys, how many toys were in the shipment?
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Answer 1

320 toys

Explanation:

5/16=100/x (cross multiply) : 5x:1600

divide both sides by 5

and you get 320

Answer 2

from the question it's given that 5% are sold of the total..

now it's also told that 16 toys are sold which means 5% of total = 16

let's say total shipment = X

now 5% of X = 16

5X/100 = 16

X = 16 × 100 / 5

X = 320

Total shipment is 320 toys

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