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Brian collects sunglasses. 40% of the sunglasses in his collection are aviators. If he has 8 aviators, how many total sunglasses does he have?

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Answer: Brian has 20 pairs total

Step-by-step explanation: If 40% of his glasses are aviators, we can find that 2 pairs of glasses in 10%. Via that math, we can see that he has 20 pairs my multiplying 2 by 10. Hope this helps! :)

User Vliu
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Answer: 20

Explanation:

Use division. 8 divided by 0.4 (40%) = 20. To check, multiply 20 x 0.4 (40%) which equals 8

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