SOLUTION: Chelsea wants to determine what percent of her trail mix is chocolate pieces, so she counts out exactly how many of each item are in her bag. There are 22 raisins, 24 chocolate pie

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Question 1174300: Chelsea wants to determine what percent of her trail mix is chocolate pieces, so she counts out exactly how many of each item are in her bag. There are 22 raisins, 24 chocolate pieces, and 36 peanuts. What percent of pieces in the trail mix are chocolate?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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82 pieces and 24 are chocolate, so 24/82 are chocolate. This is just below a third, or 29.3%.