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Phillip has 35 DVDs in his movie collection, which is 140% of the number of DVDs Shanna has. How many DVDs does Shanna have?

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Answer:

25 dvd

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User Antnewbee
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Answer:

Shanna has 25 DVDs.

Explanation:

In order to find this, you divide Phillip's number of DVDs by the share that he has over Shanna's. Since he has 140%, we convert that to a decimal (1.4). Now we can divide.

35/1.4 = 25 DVDs

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