Answer:
The original number was 54.5.
Step-by-step explanation:
If a number is increased by 2.8%, then it is 102.8% of it's original number.
In mathematics, "of" in virtually all cases means "multiplied by".
Therefore, we do the opposite:
1. Convert to a decimal.
102.8% = 1.028
2. Divide by the decimal.
3. Round it to the nearest tenth.
54.47 rounds to 54.5.
There's only information to answer question C.
We can only know that 32 marbles were chosen. (yellow and black)
Why?
To answer the first two questions (a and b), we need to know the total number of marbles, so, we can only answer the last question (c).
We know that 7/10 of the 20 yellow marbles were chosen.
So, calculating we have:
Also, we know that 18 black marbles were chosen, so, the total of marbles chosen is equal to 32 (yellow marbles and black marbles)
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