According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be acquired as markets and sources of raw materials. Spain, during the Age of Exploration, created trade with its colonies to send raw materials back to Spain, and then sending the finish products back to the colonies.
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The integer 5 in the number 285 corresponds to the ones.
2 - hundreds
8 - tens
5 - ones
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