SOLUTION: A package delivery company handles 14 million packages per year in the Midwest. if that represents only 35% of their total business how many total packages do they handle in a yea

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Question 773895: A package delivery company handles 14 million packages per year in the Midwest. if that represents only 35% of their total business how many total packages do they handle in a year?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
14 million = 14,000,000
14,000,000/35 = 1%
1% = 400,000
100% = 40,000,000.
Hope this helps.
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