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15% of ___is 12.
Explain your method.

User Leo Zhang
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15% of ___ is 80. I cross multiplied by doing 15/100=12/x —> 45(x)=27(100)—> 45x=2700 —> 45x/45=2700/45 so x, or __, =60.
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