SOLUTION: If 15 out of 25 families on the block own cats, what is the percentage of families that own cats?
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Question 678500: If 15 out of 25 families on the block own cats, what is the percentage of families that own cats?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
percentage means per one hundred, so
Multiply both sides by
60% own cats
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But, if you haven't had algebra yet,
60% own cats
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