Question

There are 60 pieces of candy left in a box.This is 20% of the box.How many pieces of candy were in the box originally?Set up a proportion and solve

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

60 candies =20%

x candies =100%

60/x=20/100

x=6000/20

x=300

therefore 300 pieces of candies were originally there in the box