HELP Your friend used the proportion 20/100 = 60/? to find 20% of 60 and says that the answer is 300. Complete the explanation as to why your friend is incorrect and find the correct answer.

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Your friend used the proportion 20/100 = 60/? to find 20% of 60 and says that the answer is 300. Complete the explanation as to why your friend is incorrect and find the correct answer.

HELP Your friend used the proportion 20/100 = 60/? to find 20% of 60 and says that-example-1

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Answer: the answer to dat is 12

Step-by-step explanation: because .20 x 60 = 12

Noga answered Jun 25, 2022

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20% of 60 is 12

60/300 = 20%

The friend is incorrect because that is 20% of 300 not 60

Leonid Pyrlia answered Jun 28, 2022

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