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rusty earned $83 mowing lawns last week. if he put $5 bills in the offering at church about what percent did he give?

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rusty earned $83 mowing lawns last week. if he put $5 bills in the offering at church about what percent did he give?​

we know that

In this problem

$83 represent 100%

so

applying proportion

83/100=5/x

solve for x

x=100*5/83

x=6.02%

therefore

the answer is

about 6%

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