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Of the 50 U.S. states, 4 have names that start with the letter W. What percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W?
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Of the 50 U.S. states, 4 have names that start with the letter W.

What percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W?

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ratio and proportion 4/50=x/100 cross multiply 50x= 400 divide by 50 x= 8% of the states begin with the letter W hope this helps
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In oder to count the percentage you have to divide the number of instances over the number of possible instances and multiply by 100% (100 % is also 1).

4/50*100%= 2/25*100%=2*4%=8 %.

So the answer is 8 %.
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