SOLUTION: please please HELP! 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 b

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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? This question is from textbook An Incremental Development

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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240%=2.4
2.4x=68,000
x=68000/2.4
x=28,333.33 flowers destroyed before the storm.