Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the 27 red ones which make up 60%, percent of his collection. How many toy cars does Samuel have?

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asked Nov 8, 2017 213k views

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Rahat Khanna · Answer 1 · 2017-11-13T23:41:03+0000

set up a proportion. you have 60/100 and 27/x

now you do 27x100=2700 then divide that by 60

with a calculator you get 45

then you can check your answer by saying 60% of 45 and you get 27 Samuel has 45 toy cars in total