Question

A bakery sold a total of 500 cupcakes in a day, and 200 of them were mocha flavored. What percentage of cupcakes sold that day were mocha flavored?

Answer 1

40% were mocha flavored cupcakes.

Explanation:

200/500 = 2/5

2/5 = 40%

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Answer 2

`\boxed{ \bold{ \huge{ \boxed{ \sf{40\% \: }}}}}`

Explanation:

Total number of cupcakes = 500

Total number of mocha flavored cupcakes = 200

To find : percentage of mocha flavored cupcakes sold that day

`\boxed{ \sf{ (total \: number \: of \: mocha \: flavored \: cupcakes)/(total \: number \: of \: cupcakes) * 100 \: \% \: }}`

`\dashrightarrow{ \sf{ (200)/(500) * 100\%}}`

`\dashrightarrow{ \sf{40 \: \% \: }}`

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