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store sold 15% on the first day and on the second day 40% and after that store has 142.8kg of supplies left. how much supplies did the store had on the first day?\

 Oct 17, 2016
edited by Guest  Oct 17, 2016
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I will assume you meant the store sold 40% of the original total on day 2  (not 40% of what was left after selling 15% on day one)

 

40 + 15% = 55% sold    45% remains = 142.8 kg

 

45/100    (x) = 142.8

x= original amount = 142.8/.45 = 317.333 kg

 Oct 18, 2016

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