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If 1/5 of cakes where fruit and reminder was sponge what's the reminder in %

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If 1/5 of the cakes are fruitcakes, then
1- (1)/(5) = (4)/(5) of the cakes are sponge cakes. To convert to a percentage, we simply multiply by 100, for a result of
(4)/(5)*100= (400)/(5)=80 percent sponge cakes.
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