SOLUTION: A restaurant replaced 40% of its chairs with new chairs.What is the total number of chairs in the restaurant if 32 chairs were replace? Show your work.

Question 753756: A restaurant replaced 40% of its chairs with new chairs.What is the total number of chairs in the restaurant if 32 chairs were replace? Show your work.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A restaurant replaced 40% of its chairs with new chairs.What is the total number of chairs in the restaurant if 32 chairs were replace? Show your work.
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Equation:
0.40x = 32
x = 32/0.40
x = 80 chairs
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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