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Samuel has a collection of toy cars. his favorites are the 27 red ones witch make up 60%of his collection. how many toy cars does Samuel have?????

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The correct answer is:


45 cars.


Step-by-step explanation:


Let x represent the total number of cars in Samuel's collection.


We know that 27 is 60% of the total. We write 60% of the total as 0.6x. Since this is 27, this gives us the equation


0.6x = 27


Divide both sides by 0.6:

0.6x/0.6 = 27/0.6


x = 45

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number of cars Samuel has = 27 * 100 / 60 = 45 Cars
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