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In a fruit survey, children choose their favorite fruit out of apples, bananas and watermelon. 29% chose apples, 41% chose bananas. What percentage chose watermelon? Show me your work please!

Respuesta :

Answer: 30% chose watermelons.

Step-by-step explanation:

if 29% chose apples and 41% chose bananas, that equals 70%

So, out of 100%, 70% chose both apples and bananas, which leaves 30% for watermelons.

There is 30% of children choose watermelon as their favorite food.

Given

In a fruit survey, children choose their favorite fruit out of apples, bananas, and watermelon. 29% chose apples, 41% chose bananas.

Percentage;

A percentage is a number or ratio that can be expressed as a fraction of 100.

Then,

Apple percentage + banana percentage + watermelon percentage = 100%

29% + 41% + watermelon percentage = 100%

70 %+  watermelon percentage = 100%

Watermelon percentage = 100% - 70%

Watermelon percentage = 30%

Hence, there is 30% of children choose watermelon as their favorite food.

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