Workers are loading boxes onto a truck. So far, they have loaded 48 boxes onto the truck. According to their inventory, they still need to load 96% of boxes on the truck. What is the total number of boxes the workers are loading on the truck? Explain.

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Whitney Singleton

3 February, 07:12

Workers are loading boxes onto a truck. So far, they have loaded 48 boxes onto the truck. According to their inventory, they still need to load 96% of boxes on the truck. What is the total number of boxes the workers are loading on the truck? Explain.

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Isiah Wilcox · Answer 1

48=4% loaded on truck and they have 96% left to load

So set up a proportion and it should look like this

48 over x = 4 over 100

48/x=4/100

Do cross multiplication 100*48 = 4,800: 4 = 1,200 total on truck