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Eric runs a coffee shop and bought 5,480 cups at the beginning of the week. At the end of the week, he had 20% of the cups left. How many cups does Eric have left?

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Answer: 1,096 cups

Explanation:

User Astra
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Answer: 1096 cups left.

Step-by-step explanation: 20% of 5,480 is 1096. This is accurate because 20% is one-fifth of 100%. In this case, 5,480 is our 100%. When you divide 5,480 by 5, you get the answer 1,096, which is 20% of the 5,480 cups that Eric started with.

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