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Algebra Difficulty 1.9 Junior Find the answer

If $10 \%$ of $s$ is $t$ , what does $s$ equal?

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

The percentage $10 \%$ is equivalent to the fraction $\frac{1}{10}$ . Therefore, $t=\frac{1}{10} s$ , or $s=10 t$ .

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