elenas daughter sold 69 boxes of girl scout cookies..........she was told that the amount represented 20% of the troops sale....how many boxes did the troop sell??

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anonymous · Answer

this problem can be translated as 
"69 is 20% of what number?"
then we turn it in to math by 
$$69=.2\times x$$ and solve for $x$ via $$x=69\div.2$$

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73 i dont get it

anonymous · Answer

it says she sold 69 boxes, and that 69 is 20% of the total right?

anonymous · Answer

yeahh? @satellite73