SOLUTION: In a 3 drawer chest, sadie has 25% of her sweaters in drawer A, 30% in drawer B and the rest in drawer C. What is the smallest number of sweaters she could have in drawer C?
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Question 473333: In a 3 drawer chest, sadie has 25% of her sweaters in drawer A, 30% in drawer B and the rest in drawer C. What is the smallest number of sweaters she could have in drawer C?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100%-30-25=45% in the drawer C
25/5=5
30/5=6
45/5=9 the smallest number of sweaters she could have in drawer C.
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Ed
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