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The police use a speed gun to monitor one part of a highway. During one hour, 4 out of 25 cars were traveling above the speed limit. What percent of cars were traveling above the speed limit.

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Answer: 16%

Step-by-step explanation: Because if you look at that denominator then you can see that its 25 so if you multiplied that by 4 then you'll get 100 which is 100% so whatever you do to the denominator you have to do to the numerator so 4x4 is 16 so thats 16% and there you go.

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