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A cotton candy vendor has 9 cones of blue cotton candy to sell. If the blue cotton candy is 25% of the total number of cones, how many total cotton candy cones does he have?

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36 cotton candy cones total. Hope this helps!
User Tobia Zambon
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9 = 25%
25% * 4 = 100%
9 * 4 = 36
There are 36 cotton candy cones in total.
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