Question

72 is equal to 80% of a number n

Write and solve an equation to find n
Write the percent as a decimal.

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Answer 1

According to question

`80\% of n = 72`

Change percentage to decimal by dividing it by 100

`(80/100)\mul n=72`

`0.80* n =72`

Now, crossmultiply we get,

`n = (72)/(0.80)`

Now sloving we get

`n = 90`