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Enola surveyed 300 of the students in her school about their favorite color. 78 students said their favorite color was purple. What percentage of the surveyed students said their favorite color was purple?

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Answer:

26%

Explanation:

I did some simple math here: a percentage represents a number over 100.

To find the percentage, I just divided 78 by 300 and got 0.26

I then multiplied by 100 to get 26%

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