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A factory made 555 packs of mint flavored gum and 8695 packs of fruit flavored gum.What percentage of the packs contained mint gum ?
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A factory made 555 packs of mint flavored gum and 8695 packs of fruit flavored gum.What percentage of the packs contained mint gum ?

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Answer:

6%

Explanation:

This problem uses proportions

I would set this up as-

555 x

8695 100

Cross multiply-

100 x 555 = 55500

Divide-

55500/8695 = 6.38

Round to the nearest whole number

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