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Can you please help me with this problem and can you please solve the question using proportion

Can you please help me with this problem and can you please solve the question using-example-1
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"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Therefore we can write this problem as:


(29)/(36)=(x)/(100)

Where x is the percent of carpenters who showed up.

We can solve this for x:

2900 = 36x

x = 2900/36

x = 80.6%.

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