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At a restaurant your food bill was 80 dollars and you left a tip for 16 dollars.what percent of the bill did you leave for the tip

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This is a ratio problem. All percentages can be looked at as a ratio represented by the part vs the whole. This is expressed like
Percentage =Part / whole * 100%

So
Percentage = 16 / 100 * 100%
Percentage = 16%
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