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If 20% of a number is 28 and 25% of the same number is 35, find 45% of that
number.

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Answer: 63

Explanation: The sum of the two percentages is 45%. Thus the sum of the 28 and 35 (63) is equal to 45% of the number.

If you needed to check your work, you could work out the number to be 140 and simply multiply by 0.45.
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