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Jessica and Lindsay are curious as to who owns the most pairs of shoes. Jessica counter shoes and finds that she owns 18 pairs of shoes. When Lindsay counts hers, she finds that she owns only approx 72% as many as jessica. How many pairs of shoes does she own?

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Answer: 13 pairs

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Jessica owns 18 pairs of shoes

Lindsay has 72% as many as Jessica

So, the number of pairs Lindsay owns

[tex]\Rightarrow 72\%\ \text{of}\ 18=0.72\times 18\\\\\Rightarrow 12.96\approx 13\ \text{pairs}[/tex]

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