document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=15871>Question 15871</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> After the storm, the number of destroyed flowers was 240 percent more than before the storm. If 68,000 flowers were destroyed after the storm, how many had been destroyed before the storm ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=240%2F100%2Ax=68000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"240%2F100%2Ax=68000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4x=68000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 2.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=28333 this is rounded to nearest whole flower<BR>\n" );
document.write( "actual fgure is 28333<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pete </SPAN>\n" );
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