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An online movie rental store rented out 6,816 movies one month. This was 40% less than the number of movies it rented out the previous month. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of movies the store rented out the previous month.
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40% is equal to 3/5 or 60%
6816 = .6x so divide both side by .6
6816/.6 = .6x/.6 or 11360=x
.60x = 6816
x = 11360