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In a class of 25 students, 40% say that they prefer chocolate ice cream to vanilla ice cream. Which of the following proportions could be used to find how many students do not prefer chocolate? Please show how you got your answer. There's a lot of trolls here giving out false answers.

A. 40/100 = x/25

B. 60/100 = 25/x

C. 60/100 = x/25

D. 25/100 = x/40

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A- 40/100 = x/25

I know this because 40% out of 100 and x/25 are how many students will get it.
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