SOLUTION: during a cat food sales, a pet store sells 220 cans of cat food. At the end of the sale, the store has 80% of the original number of cans of cat food. How many cans of left.

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Question 911090: during a cat food sales, a pet store sells 220 cans of cat food. At the end of the sale, the store has 80% of the original number of cans of cat food. How many cans of left.
Found 2 solutions by Breaker612, MathTherapy:
Answer by Breaker612(1) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find 80%, just multiply 220 by 0.8
220 x 0.8 = 176.
Now, take 220 and subtract 176.
220-176 = 44
44 cans are left over. Hope this helps.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

during a cat food sales, a pet store sells 220 cans of cat food. At the end of the sale, the store has 80% of the original number of cans of cat food. How many cans of left.


Remaining number of cans, after sale: highlight_green%28880%29

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