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2. If 25% of 80 is 10% of a number? What is number?

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Given that 25% of 80 is 10% of a number.

We have to find the number.

Let the number be x. So, 25% of 80 is equal to 10% of x. Therefore,


\begin{gathered} (10)/(100)* x=(25)/(100)*80 \\ 10x=2000 \\ x=(2000)/(10) \\ x=200 \end{gathered}

Thus, the number is 200.

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