If 80 out of 160 students voted for bulldog what precent of students voted for bulldog

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Jayleen Pruitt

20 March, 23:32

If 80 out of 160 students voted for bulldog what precent of students voted for bulldog

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Adrien Michael · Answer 1

To figure out percents you can set it up like:

80/160 = x%/100%

Then cross multiply:

160x = 8000; now divide each side by 160 to isolate x, and you get x = 50%

The answer makes sense, because 80 is half (or 50%) of 160