Glass plates are packaged and shipped to a retail store, but 20% of all the shipped plates arrive broken. In the last shipment, 145 arrive broken. How many plates were shipped in total?(1 point)

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Answer 1

To determine the total number of plates shipped, we can set up the equation based on the information provided.

Given that 20% of the plates arrived broken and it is stated that 145 plates arrived broken, we can denote the total number of plates shipped as \( x \). Therefore, we can represent the relationship as follows:

\[ 0.20x = 145 \]

To find \( x \), we can divide both sides of the equation by 0.20:

\[ x = \frac{145}{0.20} \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ x = 725 \]

Thus, the total number of plates shipped is:

\[ \boxed{725} \]