In a box of eight donuts, two have pin sprinkles. Express the percent of the donuts in the box that have pink sprinkles.

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Madelyn Henson

16 May, 06:43

In a box of eight donuts, two have pin sprinkles. Express the percent of the donuts in the box that have pink sprinkles.

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Landen Gardner · Answer 1

25%

Step-by-step explanation:

We can rephrase the question like this:

2 is what percentage? of 8

let p be the percentage

then

2 = 8 * p%

= 8 * (p/100)

then

200 = 8p

then

p = 200/8 = 25