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daddysbabygirl:

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daddysbabygirl:

jhonyy9:

80 mean 100% (80-32) mean x% cross multiplie and calcule the x value

jhonyy9:

@AZ

ramen:

Basically, since we know that 32 people were wearing a red shirt, we can do 80-32 to get how many people were not wearing read shirts. Then all we have to do is do the answer of 80-32 and divide that by 80. Multiply that by 100 to get your percentage.

ramen:

\[((80-32)/80)*100\]We calculate the amount of people not wearing red and divide that by the whole. The times 100 is to convert it from a decimal to a percentage answer form.

daddysbabygirl:

I got .6

ramen:

Good, now multiply that by 100 to get your answer.

daddysbabygirl:

so 60%

ramen:

Correct

ramen:

60% didn't wear a red shirt, while 40% did

daddysbabygirl:

would we do this one the same way

ramen:

No we wouldn't, we would have to work backwards to find the starting point in that problem

daddysbabygirl:

can you explain it

ramen:

So basically, because the subs increased by 180% which is at 140000 subs, the problem asks for the initial amount at the beginning of the year when the subs were 180% less.

daddysbabygirl:

so subtract 180 by 140000 or divide

snowflake0531:

its just 80-32)/80 which is 48/80 which is 0.6, which is 60 percent

daddysbabygirl:

@ramen

daddysbabygirl:

help

ramen:

All you would do is divide 140000/1.8 to get your answer

daddysbabygirl:

thanks

ramen:

Yup np

ramen:

The 1.8 is 180% as a decimal

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