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  • 16-08-2018
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Jenny has a full bag of jelly beans. She takes out all 16 of the red ones which is 32% of the total number of jelly beans in the bag. What is the total number of jelly beans that Jenny started with in the bag??

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  • 16-08-2018
32% of x =16
[tex] \frac{32}{100} x = 16[/tex]
[tex]x = 16 \div \frac{32}{100} [/tex]
[tex]x = 50[/tex]
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