Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Solving Percent Problems with Proportions - Exercise Set - Page 492: 45

Answer

9.6

Work Step by Step

Use cross multiplication. $\frac{20}{100}=\frac{x}{48}$ $100x=20\times48$ $100x\div100=960\div100$ $x=9.6$
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