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Uncle percy sold t-shirts at a show. Now he only has 20% of the t-shirts he started with. If he has 25 t-shirts now, how many did he start with?

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Answer:

The awnser is 125

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User Wisblade
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Answer: 125

He has 20%, or 0.2 of the shirts now he had then. This equals 25:


0.2x = 25


Divide both sides by 0.2

0.2x/0.2 = 25/0.2

x = 125


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