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Question 444965: Solve the problem using the five steps to solving algebra questions. Show all of your work step by step please.
Five steps:
1. Familiarize yourself with the problem.
2. Translate to mathematical language. (This often means writing an equation.)
3. Carry out some mathematical manipulation. (This often means solving an equation.)
4. Check your possible answer in the original problem.
5. State the answer clearly, using a complete English sentence.

The parking lot at a grocery store has 70 cars in it. 60% of the cars are red. How many cars are red?

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1. Familiarize: "Hello, problem. My name is John." Wait for response. Not hearing a response, continue with step 2 while making a mental note to complain to your teacher/instructor/professor about this problem's lack of social graces.

2. "the cars" and 70 are the same thing, "of" means multiply, and 60% means 0.60, so:

the number of cars in the grocery store parking lot that are red.

3. I only do the algebra part. The arithmetic part is yours to do.

4. Divide your answer by 70. You should get 0.6. Divide your answer by 0.6. You should get 70. If not, repeat step 3.

5. of the 70 cars in the grocery store parking lot are red.

John

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