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2/5 of a number is 16. What is the number

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Answer:

2x/5 =16

=> 2x= 16Ă—5= 80

=> X= 40 answer

User Zev Eisenberg
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2/5x = 16

5(2/5x = 16)
2x = 80
/2 /2
x = 40

Hope this helps!
User Tom Groentjes
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