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A clothing company that makes jacket finds out that 66 out of 75 jackets are undamaged. what percent of the jackets are damaged

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Answer: 12%

Explanation:

total no. of jackets = 75

no. of undamaged jackets = 66

let the percent of undamaged jackets be x

x% of 75 = 66


(x)/(100) \\ x 75 = 66


(3x)/(4) = 66

x =
(66)/(3) x 4

x = 88%

therefore the percent of damaged jackets is 12% (100-88).

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User Chandani
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12% of the jackets are damaged and 88% of them are not
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