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5. Marcus has a 28-ounce bottle of Gatorade. He

drinks 21 ounces. Enter the percentage of the
bottle Marcus has left.

User Max Morrow
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Hi!

He has 25% of the bottle left.

Knowing he drank 21 oz. out of a 28 ox. bottle, he has 7 oz. left.

We want to know the answer to: 7 is what percent of 28?

To do this, we simply take 7 and divide it by 28. 7/28 is 1/4, which can be represented by 0.25

0.25 as a percent is 25%.

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