SOLUTION: If you have a bowl of mashed potatoes, and your brother eats 20% of the bowl before dinner, how much is left for the rest of the family?

SOLUTION: If you have a bowl of mashed potatoes, and your brother eats 20% of the bowl before dinner, how much is left for the rest of the family?

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Question 153948: If you have a bowl of mashed potatoes, and your brother eats 20% of the bowl before dinner, how much is left for the rest of the family?
Answer by orca(409) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As the total is 100%, so the amount left is
100% - 20% = (100 - 20)% = 80%

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