A baker made 81 onion bagels one morning. The onion bagels were 45% of the bagels she made. How many bagels did the baker make? Use the Percent Formula to solve the problem. LaTeX: / frac{/%}{100}/:=/:/frac{Part/:/left (is/right) }{Whole/:/left (of/right) }

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Felix Terrell

8 November, 01:23

A baker made 81 onion bagels one morning. The onion bagels were 45% of the bagels she made. How many bagels did the baker make? Use the Percent Formula to solve the problem. LaTeX: / frac{/%}{100}/:=/:/frac{Part/:/left (is/right) }{Whole/:/left (of/right) }

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Blair · Answer 1

180 bagels total

Step-by-step explanation:

Let b represent the total number of bagels made. Then 0.45b = 81, and b = 81/0.45, or 180 bagels total. Note that that "45%" must be converted into the decimal fraction 0.45 here.