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A cereal box says that it now has 25% more originally came with 16 ounces of cereal how much cereal does the box come with now

User Glrs
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Answer:

20

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User Bjornruysen
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Answer:

20 ounces

Explanation:

A cereal box says that it now has 25% more originally came with 16 ounces of cereal how much cereal does the box come with now

This is a percentage increase question

The INITIAL amount of cereal in the box = 16 ounces

The percentage increase = 25%

The CURRENT amount of cereal = ?

We solve this using the formula

Percentage increase = Increase/Initial amount × 100%

Step 1

We calculate the Increase in the amount of cereal

25% = Increase/16 × 100%

Cross Multiply

25 × 16 = Increase × 100

Increase = 25 × 16/100

Increase = 400/100

Increase = 4 ounces

Step 2

The current amount of cereal =

Initial Amount + Increase in cereal

= 16 ounces + 4 ounces

= 20 ounces.

Hence, the amount of cereal that comes with box now is 20 ounces

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