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Darren went shopping and spend $19.00 on scarves if he spend $75 total what percentage did he spend on scarves ?

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Answer:

25.33%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the percentage Darren spent on scarves.

We can go ahead and solve for x as shown below;


\begin{gathered} x\text{\% of 75 = 19} \\ (x)/(100)*75=19 \\ 75x=1900 \\ x=(1900)/(75) \\ x=25.33\text{\%} \end{gathered}

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