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OpenStudy (anonymous):

If my daughter sold 84 boxes of cookies and was told this amount represented 5% of the total sales. How many total boxes were sold?

Parth (parthkohli):

\( \color{Black}{\Rightarrow 5:100=84:x }\) Many ways to solve. One is to use proportions.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

let x be the total sold... so solve the equation to get x, the total boxes sold... .05x = 85

OpenStudy (anonymous):

84*100/5

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