SOLUTION: If i have 45 children and 9 have red shirts,1 has a brown shirt, 1 has blue, 17 has green and 17 has orange what are the percentages?

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Question 991096: If i have 45 children and 9 have red shirts,1 has a brown shirt, 1 has blue, 17 has green and 17 has orange what are the percentages?
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If i have 45 children and 9 have red shirts,1 has a brown shirt, 1 has blue, 17 has green and 17 has orange what are the percentages?
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Divide 9,1 and 17 by 45 to find each of the percentages.
Example
9/45 = 1/5 = 0.20 = 20%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have:


20%
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2.222%
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2.222% again
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37.777%
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37.777% again
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check:

error due to rounding off
OK

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