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I have a box of 60 apples. if 1/5 of the apples are bad, what percent of the apples are bad?

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To find the percent of bad apples when 1/5 of a box of 60 apples are bad, calculate the number of bad apples (12) and then divide by the total number of apples, multiplying the result by 100 to get 20% bad apples.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine what percent of the apples are bad when 1/5 of the apples in a box of 60 apples are bad, you can use a two-step calculation. First, calculate the number of bad apples by multiplying the total number of apples by 1/5:

Number of bad apples = Total number of apples × 1/5 = 60 × 1/5 = 12 apples

Next, to find the percent, divide the number of bad apples by the total number of apples and then multiply by 100:

Percent of bad apples = (Number of bad apples ÷ Total number of apples) × 100% = (12 ÷ 60) × 100% = 0.2 × 100% = 20%

Therefore, 20% of the apples are bad.

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