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A coffee shop recently sold 20 drinks, including 8 mochas. Considering this data, how many of the next 95 drinks sold would you expect to be mochas?

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Answer:

38 mochas

Explanation:

Of the 20 drinks sold, 8 were mochas, so

8/20 = 0.4 = 40% of the drinks they sold were mochas.

If the sold 95 drinks, then 95(0.4) = 38 of them would be mochas if the proportion stays the same

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