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Four friends ordered a pizza.Christopher ate 1/5, Emma ate 0.27, and Jamie ate the rest.what percent did Jamie eat?

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percent means parts out of 100

so
1/5=0.20
chris+em+jam=100%=1
0.20+0.27+jam=1
0.47+jam=1
minus 0.47 both sides
jam=0.53
jam=53/100
jam=53%

jamie ate 53%
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