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80% of what number is 140? ( set up and show work here).

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Let the unknown number be x.

80% of x is 140. This is written to be:


(80)/(100)* x=140

We can solve for x as follows:

Multiply both sides by 100:


80x=14000

Divide both sides by 80:


\begin{gathered} x=(14000)/(80) \\ x=175 \end{gathered}

The number is 175.

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