SOLUTION: 50% of ?=18

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Question 796769: 50% of ?=18
Answer by luke94(89) About Me  (Show Source):
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hi there, presume ? is a number with variable 'n' and convert 50% to decimal, 50/100 = 0.5...
then:
0.5n = 18
n = 18/0.5
therefore n = 36
so your number is 36