Question 840937
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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(x)}}} of ice cream cones sold 5 years ago
{{{.20(40000) = 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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