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karney

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Integer's Uncle

Integer's Uncle likes to eat oranges, and what he doesn't eat he sells.  Last week he sold 99 oranges, which is 37% more than what he ate.  How many oranges did Integer's Uncle eat last week?

luca-deltodesco

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Re: Integer's Uncle

let what he ate be 'x'

then 99 is 37% more than x, so 99 is 137% of x,
99 = 1.37x, x = 99/1.37 = 72.263... = 72 to the nearest whole number

Last edited by luca-deltodesco (2009-05-28 08:17:33)

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