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PLZ ANSWER Selena picked eight baskets of tomatoes. Her sister threw away one of the baskets due to bruising. What percent were good?

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87.5% is the amount that was still good
User Aucuparia
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Answer

12.5 percent was bad, 87.5 were good

Explanation:

set up this percentage solver
(1)/(8) *(x)/(100)

then cross multiply


8x=100

divide by eight

12.5 were bad

so 87.5 were good

User Gert Grenander
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