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15% of the apples in a crate are rotten. There are 12 rotten apples in the crate. How many apples are in the crate? please help, i don't need the answer just the help to solve it
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15% of the apples in a crate are rotten. There are 12 rotten apples in the crate. How many apples are in the crate?

please help, i don't need the answer just the help to solve it

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The answer is 80

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Put 15% over 100 cause there's 100%. Then you put 12 over the variable x cause that's how many are rotten. Multiply 15 times x.and 12 times 100. You get 1200 and divide by 15x. X equals 80
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