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A bag of trail mix weighs 2 lb. By weight, 20% of the bag is oats. How many pounds is the oats portion of the trail mix? (a) Write an equation for the situation and label the “part,” “whole,” and “percent.”

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Answer: 0.4 pounds of the trail mix is oats.

To find the answer, you can set up a proportion. We can use the percent proportion below.

part/whole = percent/100

x/2 = 20/100

To solve this you cross multiply and divide.

100x = 40
x = 0.4
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