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Answer by rahk(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An easy way of solving this problem is to use a proportion. Here is how I did it.
50/1 = 20/x
20 x 1 = 20
20/50 = 40/100 = .4
x = .4
Hope that helps.
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