SOLUTION: Pleaase Help! Junior ate 5% of the sandwicher at the picnic. If he ate 2 1/2 sandwiches, how many sandwiches were there originally? Thank You : )

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Question 205664This question is from textbook Algebra I : An Incremental Development
: Pleaase Help!
Junior ate 5% of the sandwicher at the picnic. If he ate 2 1/2 sandwiches, how many sandwiches were there originally?
Thank You : ) This question is from textbook Algebra I : An Incremental Development

Found 2 solutions by rfer, RAY100:
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Answer by RAY100(1637) About Me  (Show Source):
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5 % of X = 2.5,,,,, "%" means per centum (or per hundred),,"of" means multiply
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5/100 * X=2.5
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X= 2.5 / (5/100) = 2.5 / .05 = 50
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check,,,,2.5 / 50 = .05 = 5 %,,,,ok
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