A baker made 40 loaves of wheat bread. In all, 160 loaves of bread were made. What percent of bread made was wheat bread.

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Levi Cantu

3 April, 01:39

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Melany · Answer 1

25%

(40/160) = (x/100)

cross multiply and get 4000=160x, then divide both sides by 160 and x equals 25.

So 25% of the bread made was wheat bread.

Faith Burns · Answer 2

25%, because there are another 60 pieces of bread left over. 60 - 40 = 20, plus the 5 percent.