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Keiko's chocolate bar is 68% cocoa. If the weight of the chocolate bar is 66 grams, how many grams of cocoa does it contain? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

User Vicrion
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68/100=x/66 and then cross multiply
User Shubham Choudhary
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44.9 grams

Convert 68% to a decimal
68/100=0.68

Multiply the weight of the chocolate by the decimal
66*0.68
44.88

Round to the nearest tenth
44.9 grams of cocoa

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