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Dylan and his friends took a poll about their favorite cakes.

Lemon cake

20%

Chocolate cake

15%

Marble cake

30%

Strawberry cake

35%

Favorite cakes

If 60 people were surveyed, how many people voted for strawberry cake?

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question

Some players on a co-ed basketball team compared the total number of points they scored over the course of a year.

Carrie

45%

Jennifer

55%

Points scored in basketball

If there were 80 points scored overall, how many more were scored by Jennifer than by Carrie?

points

solution

Find the percentage of points scored by Jennifer.

55%
of
the
points
were
scored
by
Jennifer.

Find 55% of 80. Write 55% as the decimal 0.55. Now multiply 80 by 0.55.

80 × 0.55 = 44

44 points were scored by Jennifer.

Find the percentage of points scored by Carrie.

45%
of
the
points
were
scored
by
Carrie.

Find 45% of 80. Write 45% as the decimal 0.45. Now multiply 80 by 0.45.

80 × 0.45 = 36

36 points were scored by Carrie.

Now find how many more points were scored by Jennifer than by Carrie. Subtract:

44 − 36 = 8

8 more points were scored by Jennifer than by Carrie.

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