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    David obtained 5 out of 20 votes in the election. What percentage of the votes did david receive?

    David obtained 5 out of 20 votes in the election. What percentage of the votes did david receive? 5/20 is the fraction. You can simplify by dividing top and bottom by 5 to get 1/4 As a decimal, this is 0.25 To get a percentage, multiply the decimal by 100 100 * 0.25 = 25% You can also use...
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    $6500 is 7/10 of a number. What is the number

    The number is $9,285 from our percentage-decimal-fraction calculator.
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    In a given year, Houston has good air quality 48% of the days, moderate air quality 41% of the days,

    In a given year, Houston has good air quality 48% of the days, moderate air quality 41% of the days, and unhealthy air quality 4% of the days. How many days per year do residents have unhealthy air quality? 4% of 365 days in a year = 14.6 days. If we are talking full days, we have 14.
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    15 out of 18 students agreed. What percentage did not?

    18 - 15 = 3 student disagreed. 3/18 is the fraction of student who disagreed. Converting to a percentage using our fraction to decimal calculator, we get: 16.67%
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    %60 of the freshman ate pizza at lunch today. If 180 freshman ate pizza, how many freshman are enro

    60% of the freshman ate pizza at lunch today. If 180 freshman ate pizza, how many freshman are enrolled at our school? 60% of x = 180 We write this as 0.6x = 180 Divide each side by 0.6 to isolate x. We get x = 300 freshman
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