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If 14 is 7% of the pennies how many are in the pile

User Georgery
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0.07x=14


(0.07x)/(0.07)=(14)/(0.07)


x=200
User Vickyexpert
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Let the missing constant be x.

14 = 7% of x.

14 = 7/100 x

7x = 1400

x = 1400/7 = 200
x = 200.

Thus, there are 200 pennies in a pile.
User DraganHR
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