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Set up a percent ratio to help find the part given the percent and the whole. On a 50-point quiz, Jenna earned 82% of the points. How many points did she earn?
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Set up a percent ratio to help find the part given the percent and the whole. On a 50-point quiz, Jenna earned 82% of the points. How many points did she earn?

User Arsen Davtyan
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Start by moving the decimal point over one-hundredth (which makes the 82% 0.82)

Then, multiply 0.82 by 50.

This will give you the answer of 41 points that Jenna earned/ answered correctly
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