in a parking garage, the number of SUV's is 40 percent of the non SUV's. Gina counted 98 suv's in the parking garage. How many v

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pogonyaev

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in a parking garage, the number of SUV's is 40 percent of the non SUV's. Gina counted 98 suv's in the parking garage. How many v

ehicals were parked in the garage

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kondor19780726 [428] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-30T09:18:31+03:00

kondor19780726 [428]3 years ago

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You can find this answer multiple ways.

One way is to represent it as an equation and solve for x, The total number of vehicles.

0.4x = 98
x = 245 vehicles

Or write a proportion using the fraction for 40%.

2/5 = 98/x

5 x 49 = 245

There are 245 vehicles in the garage.