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OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):

A bookstore sold 18,000 paperbacks one month. This was 10% less than the number of paperbacks the store sold the previous month. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of paperbacks sold the previous month. x − 0.1x = 18,000 How many paperbacks did the store sell in both months combined? 20,000 35,990 38,000 180,000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is x-.1x

OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):

0.9x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yup so u solve .9x=18,000

OpenStudy (gabylovesyou):

oh got it! its A :) thank you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

anytime

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