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Hey can someone help me with this? I think I'm making a lot more complicated than it really is. Your food costs are $5,500. Your total food sales are $11,000. What percent of your food sales do the food
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Hey can someone help me with this? I think I'm making a lot more complicated than it really is.

Your food costs are $5,500. Your total food sales are $11,000. What percent of your food sales do the food costs represent?

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Well all you have to do is divide the two of them
User Kiyarash
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Basically put this as a fraction
5,500
---------
11,000

5,500 is 1/2 of 11,000
1/2=50%
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