Question

Action movies make up 85% of Devon's movie collection. If he has 20 movies , how many action movies are in Devon's collection? Explain your reasoning.

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Answer 1

There are 17 action movies because when we divide 20 by 100 the answer we get which is 0.2 is the amount of movie for 1% so we then multiply 0.2 by 85 to get the amount of movie for 85% which is 17 action movies. I hope my explanation was clear.