The produce department of a grocery store sold 28 lb of tomatoes the weight represented 72% of the shipment the store received the rest supplied and had to be discarded how many pounds of tomatoes were originally received

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About 39 pounds of tomatoes

28     72
---  =  ---
 x      100

Cross multiply
2800 = 72x
Divide by 72
x = 38.88