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Jess observed that 60% of the people at a mall on a particular day shopped for clothes. If 2500 people at the mall did not shop for clothes that day, the number of people who shopped for clothes that day was ______.

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3750

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3750

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If 60% shop for clothes, 40% do not shop for clothes.

p(40/100)=2500

40p=250000

p=6250 total people shopping, then:

p(60/100) is the number of people who shopped for clothes, since p=6250

6250(60)/100

3750 people shopped for clothes that day.
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