Problema Solution
the procedure of pressing olives produces 28% olive oil. If one batch of olives produced 5.6 tons of oil, how much did the olives weight before they were pressed?
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let x = the weight of the olives before they were pressed
28% of x is 5.6 tons
0.28*x = 5.6
by solving we find
x = 20 tons
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