SOLUTION: you have 50 cups. ten cups are blue, twenty cups are red, and twenty cups are white. what percentage of cups are blue?

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Question 1159936: you have 50 cups. ten cups are blue, twenty cups are red, and twenty cups are white. what percentage of cups are blue?
Answer by ikleyn(52832) About Me  (Show Source):
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    Percentage of blue cups = %2810%2F50%29%2A100 = 0.2*100 = 20%.    ANSWER


    To find percentage, you should calculate a ratio of the two values, and then multiply it by 100.

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