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Kato must write 60 percent of a 20-page report by tomorrow. Kato wants to determine the number of pages that he needs to write by tomorrow. Kato's work is shown below. Step 1: Write 60 percent as a ratio. StartFraction part Over whole EndFraction = StartFraction 60 Over 100 EndFraction Step 2: Write an equivalent ratio that has the answer in the numerator and 20 in the denominator. Step 3: 100 divided by 20 = 5 Step 4: 60(5) = 180 What mistake did Kato make?

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Answer:

step 2

Explanation:

User Jukka
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Answer:

Kato must have read 12 pages of the 20 paged report tomorrow

Explanation:

From the question we are shown how Kato solved her question.

The mistake did Kato made is shown below.

Kato should have solve her question this way:

Step 1

Step 1: Write 60 percent as a ratio.

= 60/100

Step. 2

We M

Multiply the ratio above by the total number of pages she must write tomorrow

= 60/100 × 20

= 12 pages

Hence: Kato must have read 12 pages of the 20 paged report tomorrow

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