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Reyansh filled a 500-milliliter container with clean water. He then drank 35 percent of the water in the container. How many milliliters of water are left in the container?

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Reyansh filled a 500-milliliter container with clean water. He then drank 35 percent of the water in the container. How many milliliters of water are left in the container?
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The way I did it was:

35=65% .65-500=325m

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He then drank 35 percent of the water in the container
so 65% left in in the container

0.65 x 500 = 325 milliliter

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325 milliliter of water left in the container
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