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-Sales at a local ice cream shop went up 80% in 5 years. If 12,000 ice cream cones were sold in the current year, find the number of ice cream cones sold 5 years ago. (Round to the nearest integer, if
Necessary.)
A) 6667 ice cream cones
B) 15,000 ice cream cones
C) 9600 ice cream cones
D) 2400 ice cream cones

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The current sales are 180% of the sales 5 years ago (100% + 80% increase). To find the sales 5 years ago, divide the current sales by 1.8: 12,000 / 1.8 = 6,666.67, which rounds to 6,667 ice cream cones.

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