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zoey inflates 24 balloons for decorations at the middle school dance. if zoey inflated 15% of the total number of balloons for the dance, how many balloons are there total?

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160 balloons I believe
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User ApplePie
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Answer:

160 balloons

Explanation:

Step 1: State what is known

She blew up 24 balloons

She only inflated 15%

We want to find the total amount of balloons

Let the total balloons equal "x"

Step 2: Write you equation


0.15x=24\\(0.15x)/(0.15) =(24)/(0.15) \\x = 160

Therefore there are 160 balloons in total

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