Ruden bought 6 new books for his collection, increasing his collection by 12%. How many books did he have before his purchase?

Mathematics

1 answer:

forsale [732]4 years ago

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Answer:

he had 44 books before he bought those 6

Step-by-step explanation:

If you multiply 6 times 2 it is 12, which means if you take away 12 from 100 that is 88. if you divided 88 by 2 (the same thing you did to the 6 to make it 12%) that would be 44.

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