SOLUTION: Denise purchased 288 stamps. If 12.5% of the stamps were postcard stamps, how many were not postcard stamps?

SOLUTION: Denise purchased 288 stamps. If 12.5% of the stamps were postcard stamps, how many were not postcard stamps?

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Question 729889:
Denise purchased 288 stamps. If 12.5% of the stamps were postcard stamps, how many were not postcard stamps?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
288(1-12.5)
288*.875=252 WERE NOT POSTCARD STAMPS.
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