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Solve each percent equation. Remember "of" means multiply and "is" means equal.
At your school, 74% of students bought their lunch at the cafeteria. There are
1250 students in the school. How many students bought their lunch?
925
students who brought their lunch. YUM!!

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925 students brought their lunch.

Step-by-step explanation

First let's rewrite the equation.

You know that "of" means multiply and "is" means equal.

Okay, so let's break it down.

The question says, "At your school, 74% of students brought their lunch at the cafeteria. There are 1250 students in the school."

This means that 74% of 1250 students brought their lunch at the cafeteria.

You are trying to find how many students brought their lunch. This will be x.

So the equation would be this.

74% × 1250 = x

74% is 0.74.

0.74 × 1250 = x

0.74 × 1250 = 925

So 925 students brought their lunch.

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