SOLUTION: Marcus had a baseball card collection that contained 2500 baseball cards. He decided to sell 58% of his cards. How many cards does he have left? I got 1,450 as the answer but I’

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Question 1123714: Marcus had a baseball card collection that contained 2500 baseball cards. He decided to sell 58% of his cards. How many cards does he have left?
I got 1,450 as the answer but I’m not real sure about it.

Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1450 cards are how many he sold.


The problem asks you on how many does he have left.


Do you feel the difference ?


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