SOLUTION: A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed, What percent of those surveyed were left handed?

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Question 101549: A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed, What percent of those surveyed were left handed?
Answer by Kalmetam(43) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well lets see.. you should be doing percentage out of 100 and 100 goes into 400 4 times... So divide 400 by 4 and divide 66 by 4.
That makes it into 16.5 and 100 so that means the answer is
16.5%