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A patient was supposed to take 560 mg of medicine but only tool 420 mg.What percent of the medicine did the patient take?
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A patient was supposed to take 560 mg of medicine but only tool 420 mg.What percent of the medicine did the patient take?

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The patient took 75% of what they were supposed to take.
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75% I think.

because if you do 560 - 420 you get 140.

140 / 560 x 100 = 25

which means there is a 25% decrease, so they took 75%.
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