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

User Wes Palmer
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60% bc if u add what she took and subtract what was left u get the percentage. Im 88 but i think im right
User Kannan G
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Because he only took 420 of the 560 u would do 420 divided by 560 which gives you the answer .75 then times that by 100 to make it a percentage the answer is 75%
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