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There are 54 dogs in a pet store which is 90% of all pets. How many pets are in the pet store?

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Let there are x pets in the store. So 90% of all pets means that 0.9x.

The equation for the dogs anf total pets in the store is,


0.9x=54

Simplify the equation to obtain the value of x.


\begin{gathered} 0.9x=54 \\ x=(54)/(0.9) \\ =60 \end{gathered}

So there are 60 pets in the pet store.

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