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Helen has 90 stamps. The number of stamps that Helen has is 25% more than Peggy has. Find the number of stamps Peggy has.

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Answer: 67.5

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If Helen has 90 stamps, then 50% of what she has is 45 stamps. Half of 45 is 22.5 which is 25% of what Helen has. To find out how many stamps Peggy has, we'll have to do 90 - 22.5 which is 67.5.

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