SOLUTION: In March, Jane made 18% of a company's deliveries. Jane made 81 deliveries. How many deliveries did the company make that month?

Question 1067346: In March, Jane made 18% of a company's deliveries. Jane made 81 deliveries. How many deliveries did the company make that month?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52935) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In March, Jane made 18% of a company's deliveries. Jane made 81 deliveries. How many deliveries did the company make that month?
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The condition is equivalent to this equation 0.18x = 81, where "x" is the number under the question. The solution is x = = 450.

Answer by MathTherapy(10559) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In March, Jane made 18% of a company's deliveries. Jane made 81 deliveries. How many deliveries did the company make that month?

With D being the number of deliveries made that month, we get the following PROPORTION: .
Solve that to get:
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