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Eight Bluefin tuna comprise 5% of the total tuna catch. How many tuna were caught in total?

User HydRAnger
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5% x
100 8 Cross multiply and divide = .4

8* 5% = .4

8* .05 = .4
User Samer Boshra
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5% means 0.05

0.05 of the catch = 8 tuna

Divide each side by 0.05 :

the catch = 8 tuna / 0.05 = 160 tuna
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