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There are 4 lunch choices in a school cafeteria: Salad, Pizza, Spaghetti, and Sub Sandwiches. The percentage of students that chose salad is 15%. If 45 students chose salad, what is the total number of students that ate lunch

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Answer:

The total number of students that ate lunch are 300 .

Step-by-step explanation:

Formula

[tex]Percentage = \frac{Part\ value\times 100}{Total\ value}[/tex]

As given

There are 4 lunch choices in a school cafeteria: Salad, Pizza, Spaghetti, and Sub Sandwiches.

The percentage of students that chose salad is 15%.

If 45 students chose salad.

Here

Percentage = 15%

Part value = 45

Put in the formula

[tex]15 = \frac{45\times 100}{Total\ value}[/tex]

[tex]Total\ value= \frac{4500}{15}[/tex]

[tex]Total\ value= 300[/tex]

Therefore  the total number of students that ate lunch are 300 .

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