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Kyra observed that 85% of the students at a library liked reading mystery stories. If 30 students at the library did not like reading mystery stories, the number of students at the library who liked mystery stories was Answer . (only put numeric values, no other symbols) (1 point)

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you would take the 30 multiply it by 15. then, take the product and multiply it by .85 and that is your answer. So, 382.5
User Mudit Gulgulia
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First find the percentage of students who didn't like reading mystery stories.(100-85=15)
If 15% =30students
85%=?
85/15*30=170
Therefore 170 students liked reading mystery stories
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