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4 of Jackson's pencils are broken. If 20% of his pencils are broken, how many pencils does he have total?

User Sade
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Answer: 20

Explanation:

Let the total number of pencils that Jackson has be represented by x.

Since 20% of his pencils are broken which equals 4. This can be written and represented in an equation as:

20% of x = 4

20/100 × x = 4

0.2x = 4

x = 4/0.2

x = 20

There are a total of 20 pencils

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