Question 1063058: If Shane mailed out 40% of his Holiday cards, and he still has 18 cards left to mail, how many total cards did he have to mail? Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x be the total cards Shane has
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Shane mailed 40% of his cards, so he has 60% left
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(0.60) * x = 18
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x = 18 / (0.60) = 30
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Shane had 30 cards to mail
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