A cereal box says that it now contains 25% more cereal. If it originally had 12 ounces of cereal, how much does it have now?

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asked Oct 27, 2022 72.8k views

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Ogod · Answer 1 · 2022-10-28T16:34:04+0000

Answer:

Explanation:

In order to find that, we simply do:

(100+25)% = 125%

100% = 12 ounces

125% = ?

12*125/100 = 9 ounces

Add it up to the original amount:

12+9 = 21 ounces