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Eesha has completed 68% of her 250-page book. How many pages has she written?

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Eesha has completed 68% of her 250-page book. How many pages has she written?
posted Nov 16, 2016 by Ujjwal Mehra

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170 pages; if you multiply 0.68*250, you get 170. You multiply because you are taking the percentage of the finished piece, making it a fraction out of a whole (in this case, out of 1), then multiplying it by 250 because 250 is the whole project.

answer Nov 17, 2016 by anonymous
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250 x 0,68 = 170 pages

answer Nov 24, 2016 by anonymous



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