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Question 953910: Hi, I have a question if there is 200 cake and 88%nof the cake is sold how many are not sold?
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 88% were sold, 100%-88%=12% were not sold:
(0.12)(200)=24 ANSWER: 24 cakes were not sold.