SOLUTION: Hello. Can you please help me answer this question? Thank you: There are 60 cars in a race. There were 16 three-wheeled cars in the race. What percent of the cars were three-whe

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Question 708510: Hello. Can you please help me answer this question? Thank you:
There are 60 cars in a race. There were 16 three-wheeled cars in the race. What percent of the cars were three-wheeled?

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Divide 16 by 60. Round off appropriately. Move the decimal point two places to the right. Add a percent sign. Just as a sanity check on your answer, 15 is one-fourth, or 25% of 60.

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