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Micah has 294 songs stored in hud phone, which is 70% of the songs that Jorge hss stored in his phone. How many songs are stored on Jorge's phone?

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Take into account that 294 is the 70% of x number of songs.

then, you can write:

(70/100)x = 294

then, to determine the total number of songs Jorge has, solve the previous equation for x:

(70/100)x = 294

0.7x = 294

x = 294/0.7

x = 420

Hence, 420 songs are stored on Jorge's phone

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