SOLUTION: During one year, the Peddys' real estate bill included $948 for county improvements. Of this amount, $308 went for transportation and roads. What percent did the Peddy family pay f

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Question 427332: During one year, the Peddys' real estate bill included $948 for county improvements. Of this amount, $308 went for transportation and roads. What percent did the Peddy family pay for transportation and roads?
Round your answer to two decimal places
Found 2 solutions by Theo, josmiceli:
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
transportation and road is 308 / 948 of county improvements.

this equals .325949367 which is equivalent to 32.5949367 percent.

round that to the nearest hundredth of a percent to get 32.59%.

32.59% of their county improvements bill went to transportation and roads.




Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Per cent means "per one hundred"

Multiply both sides by



The family paid 32.49% for transportation and roads.
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