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Austin had both chocolate cake and coconut cake at his birthday party. There were 50 people at the party, and 70% of them picked chocolate cake. How many people picked chocolate cake?

User Vojko
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Answer:

Explanation:

first we gonna devide 50 by 10=5 after we gonna do 5*7=35 and so 35 people picked the chocolate cake

User Gregg Duncan
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Answer:

35

Explanation:

Let's start by figuring out 10% of 50.

50/10=5

10% of 50 is 5, so we can multiply 5*7 (10% times 7) to figure out how many people picked chocolate cake. 5*7=35, so 35 people at the party picked chocolate cake.

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