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Ms Wharton bought some books at a book sale including 20 paperback books 80% of all the books she bought were paperbacks

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For Apex: C, 25

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User Gleb Belyaev
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Answer: 25 books.

Explanation:

Let as consider we need to find "how many books did Mr. Wharton buy in all?​"

Let total number of books bought by Mr. Wharton be x.

80% of all the books she bought were paperbacks.


Paperbacks=x* (80)/(100)=0.8x

It is given that the number of paperbacks is 20.


0.8x=20

Divide both sides by 0.8.


x=(20)/(0.8)


x=25

Therefore, Ms Wharton bought 25 books in all.

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