SOLUTION: there are 25 girls, 18 boys and 7 adults on a bus, what percentage of the people on the bus are adults?

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Question 951305: there are 25 girls, 18 boys and 7 adults on a bus, what percentage of the people on the bus are adults?
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there are 25 girls, 18 boys and 7 adults on a bus, what percentage of the people on the bus are adults?
25+18+7=50 There is a total of fifty on the bus so:
(7/25)(100%)=28% ANSWER: 23% of the people on the bus are adults.