ellen had 25 hair clips.7 of them and the rest were purple , what precent of the hair clips were blue

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28% If you take 7 and divide it by 25 (complete amount) and times it by 100 you get the percentage.

Adam Liss answered Jul 29, 2016

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Answer=28%
Assuming you meant to say that 7 of them were blue, and the rest were purple...

7 x
___=___
25 100

cross multiply
25x=700
x=28

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