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3. A grocer has 60kg of potatoes. In one day, he sells 50% of the

potatoes. What mass of potatoes does he sell?

User Yargicx
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Answer:

Explanation:

Proportion:

60 kg - 100%

X kg - 50%

X = 60ยท50% / 100% = 30 kg

User Timofey Goncharov
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Answer: 30kg

Step-by-step explanation:

100% = 60kg

50% = 100% /2

60kg(100%)/2 = 30kg(50%)

User Maximilian Peters
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