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"PERCENTAGE"1. There are 32 students in a class. Six of those students are women.What percent are men? (round to the nearest tenth)2. At a sale, shirts were sold for $20 each. This price was 80% of their original price.What was the original price?3. Ben earns $13,700 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes.How much is taken out for taxes?4. Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% of the regular price. She paid $32.89 for the drill. What was the regular price? (Round to the nearest cent)5. A student answered 91 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 89%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (Round to the nearest whole number)

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. no. of MEN = 32 - 6 students

= 26 students

PERCENTAGE = \frac{26\:students}{32\: students} × 100

= \frac{\cancel{26\:students}}{\cancel{32\: students}} × 100

= \frac{13}{\cancel{16}} × \cancel{100}

= \frac{13}{4} × 25

= \frac{375}{4}

= 93.8%



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