Problema Solution

A zoo has 1515 Emperor penguins. The Emperor penguins make up 30\%30% of all the penguins at the zoo.

How many penguins live at the zoo?

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Let 'x' represent the total number of penguins in the Zoo.

30% of x is 1515, meaning

0.30x = 1515 

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x = 5,050 penguins

There are 5,050 penguins in the Zoo.