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Sophie Ruth is eating a 50-gram chocolate bar that contains 30%, cocoa. How many grams of cocoa is in the chocolate bar?

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Answer:

We need to multiply the percentage as a decimal (0.30) with the amount of chocolate (50 g):

0.30*50 = 15 g

There are 15 grams of cocoa in the chocolate bar.

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