A basket contains 20 red apples. The rest of the apples are green. The number of red apples is 80% of the total number of apples. How many total apples are in the basket?

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Matt McCutchen · Answer 1 · 2022-03-26T21:30:22+0000

Answer: 25 total apples

Explanation:

so you would set up an equation where 20 = 0.80x

20 is 80 percent of the total (x)

so then solve for x, which would be 20 divided by 0.8

That's 25