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A bakery sells mocha cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes. One day it sold 28 mocha and 52 chocolate . What percent of the cupcakes sold that they were mocha?

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Final answer:

To find the percentage of mocha cupcakes sold, divide the number of mocha cupcakes sold by the total number of cupcakes sold and multiply by 100. 35% of the cupcakes sold were mocha cupcakes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the percentage of mocha cupcakes sold, we divide the number of mocha cupcakes sold (28) by the total number of cupcakes sold (28 + 52 = 80) and multiply by 100.

Percentage of mocha cupcakes sold = (28 / 80) × 100% = 35%

Therefore, 35% of the cupcakes sold were mocha cupcakes.

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35%

1) Gathering the data

bakery

mocha cupcakes =28

chocolate = 52

2) To find the percentage let's add them first and then set a proportion.

52+28= 80

Mocha cupcakes

Cupcakes

80---------------------------- 100%

28---------------------------- x

Cross multiply

80x = 2800 Divide them by 80

x=35

3) So 35% of the sold cupcakes were mocha cupcakes

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