This year the chickens on a farm laid 20% less eggs than they did last year . If they had laid 7500 eggs this year, how many eggs did they lay last year?

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Solution

Solution

Amount before reduction : 9375

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

7500 = x - 0.2 x

7500 = x - 0.2 x : x = 9375

Amount before reduction : 9375

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