The first step is to eliminate decimal points in both divisor and dividend. Since to convert 0.15 to a whole number you multiply by 100 then it means both the divisor and dividend should be multiplied by 100. So that we shall have 4860/15=324

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1. At the gym on Monday, Larry is told to up his weight on the bench-press by 15% from last week. Last week he was bench-pressin

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300 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that Larry bench pressed 200 lbs last week, and that he is supposed to increase by 15%. We know that any number times one is that same numbers. That means a number that is increaseing has to be greater than 1. So, we have to convert 15% into a decimal. That is 0.15. That plus one is 1.15. Now we just have to multiply 1.15 with 200. We get 300.

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