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Joshua delivered 30 hives to the local fruit farm if the farmer has paid to use 5 percent of the total number of Joshua's hives how many hives does Joshua have in all

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so if Joshua brought 30 hives and that is 5% of all of his hives
then 30=5/100
we know that 5/100 simplifies to 1/20 so if
1/20=30 then we multiply both sides by 20 to get
20/20 (1/1 or 100%) = 600
so Joshua has 600 hives in all
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