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50% of the cakes a small bakery made that day party cakes: a fifth were fruit cakes and the remainder were sponge cakes. what percentage of the cakes sponge cakes?
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50% of the cakes a small bakery made that day party cakes: a fifth

were fruit cakes and the remainder were sponge cakes. what percentage of the cakes sponge cakes?

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Change everything to percentages so:
Party cakes = 50%
Fruit cakes = 1/5 =20%
The remainder must equal 30% (to make 100%)
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