SOLUTION: A publisher had a title reduction and lost 1/5 of its titles. If 88 of its titles were left after the reduction, how many titles were there originally?

SOLUTION: A publisher had a title reduction and lost 1/5 of its titles. If 88 of its titles were left after the reduction, how many titles were there originally?

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Question 1061317: A publisher had a title reduction and lost 1/5 of its titles. If 88 of its titles were left after the reduction, how many titles were there originally?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
88/(4/5)=
88*5/4=110
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