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Your employer has 600 business cards printed for you, and you give away 280 of them. To the nearest hundredth, what percent of the cards is left?

A. 46.67%

B. 18.75%

C. 21.43%

D. 53.33%

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The correct answer is D. 53.33%.

User Shayan Pourvatan
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If you gave away 280 of 600 business cards and you would like to know what percent of the cards is left, you can calculate this using the following steps:

600 - 280 = 320 cards are left

320 / 600 = 8 / 15 = 0.5333 = 53.33%

The correct result is D. 53.33%.
User Gautam
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