SOLUTION: SOLVE.Round to tenths if necessary. This year there are 960 applications which is 120of the number of applications from last year. Find the number of applications from last year.

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Question 272866: SOLVE.Round to tenths if necessary. This year there are 960 applications which is 120of the number of applications from last year. Find the number of applications from last year.
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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IF YOU MEAN 960 APPLICATIONS IS 120[%] OF LAST YEAR THEN:
1.2X=960
X=960/1.2
X=800 APPLICATONS LAST YEAR.
ROUND TO TENTHS IF NECESSARY. IN ONE SHIPPMENT 695 OUT OF 27,800 CRATES WERE DAMAGED. WHAT PERCENT OF THE CRATES WERE DAMAGED
697/27,800=.025=2.5% ans.