SOLUTION: Help Me Please!!!!!!!!!!! Question- A sweater is 65% wool by weight. If the sweater weighs 12.4 ounces, how much wool is in the sweater?

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Question- A sweater is 65% wool by weight. If the sweater weighs 12.4 ounces, how much wool is in the sweater?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 65% of the sweater is wool and the sweater weighs 12.4 oz, then the weight of the wool in the sweater is 65% of 12.4 oz. So, 65% = 0.65 and...

There are 8.06 ounces of wool in the sweater.
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