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  • 15-02-2017
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Action movies make up 85% of Devon's movie collection. if he has 20 movies, how many movies are in Devon's collection?

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  • 15-02-2017
85% written as a fraction is 85/100. Reduce the denominator 100 to 20 by dividing by 5. Doing so, you'll also have to divide the numerator by 5. 85 / 5 = 17 movies.
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