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48/60=blank over 100. What does the blank mean

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If you simplify 48/60 you get 4/5 (divide top and bottom by 12). In order to get a denominator of 100 you can multiply by 20.

(4*20)/(5*20) = 80/100

Therefore the blank must be 80.
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You divided the answer to get the hundred
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