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Last quarter, 84 seventh grade students made honor roll. If there are 400 students in the seventh grade, what percent made honor roll?

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the answer to this is .21
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Answer:

21%

Explanation:

Formula for this type of problem is


(84)/(400) = (x)/(100)

cross multiply


8400 = 400x

divide by 400


8400 = 400x

/400 /400


21 = x\\

plug 21 into the original equation


(84)/(400) = (21)/(100)

simplify


(84)/(100) = .21

.21 can be represented as 21%

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