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Question 840937: help me solve: sales at a local ice cream shop went up 80% in 5 years. of 40,000 ice cream cones were sold in the current year, find the number of ice cream cones sold 5 years ago
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Hi,

sales at a local ice cream shop went up 80% in 5 years.

40,000 ice cream cones were sold in the current year

find the number highlight_green%28x%29 of ice cream cones sold 5 years ago

.20%2840000%29+=+8000 ice cream cones sold 5 years ago 

CHECKING our answer***

80% of the 40,000 cone were increase cones of 32,000

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