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Maggie incorrectly says that the percent of mute swans is equivalent to 536. Explain her likely error.
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Maggie incorrectly says that the percent of mute swans is equivalent to 536. Explain her likely error.

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Most likely she incorrectly moved the decimal point in her calculation.  The percent of a group cannot be more than 100.
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