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i got x/(.25*.45) = 80x/9 which is E.
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In year Y imported machine tools accounted for 25% of total machine tool sales in the US, and Japanese imports accounted for 45 % of the sales of imported machine tools. If the total sales of machine tools imported from Japan that year was x billion dollars, then the total sales of all machine tools in the US was how many billion dollars?

a) 9x/80
b) 13x/20
c) 80/9x
d) 20x/13
3) 80x/9

how would y ou set this up algebraically?


Total sales = Y units
Imports = 25% of Y = Y / 4 units
Japanese = (45 / 100) * (Y / 4) = x billion
Total sales $ = (x * 100 * 4) / 45 = E

Is E the OA?



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