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Mr. Kelly answered seven emails. This is 35% of the emails he must answer. How many emails does he need to answer

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Mr Kelly needs to answer 20 emails
As 7 divided by 35 =0.2 (1 percent)
So 0.2 times 100 Percent =20
User Yerassyl
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Answer: He needs to answer 20 mails.

Explanation:

Given : Mr. Kelly answered seven emails. This is 35% of the emails he must answer.

We can write 35% as 0.35. [To convert percent into decimal , we divide it ny 100.]

Let x be the number of mails that must be answered.

Then, according to the question we have,


0.35x=7

Divide both sides by , we get


x=20

Hence, he needs to answer 20 mails.

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