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Ashley has sold 70% of the 20 candy bars she is supposed to sell for her softball team.How many candy bars does she have left to sell?

Answer 1

Set up a ratio

The percentage of candy bars left is # 100 - 70 =30#

Let 30% be the partial percentage. Let 100% be the total percentage. Let x be the partial number of candy bars. Let 20 be the total number of candy bars.

# 30/100 = x/20# Multiply both sides by 20

# (30 xx 20)/100 = ( x xx 20)/20# This leaves

# 600/100 = x # Dividing by 100 gives

# 6 = x # . There are 6 candy bars left

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Answer 2

Julia Adams

To find out how many candy bars Ashley has left to sell, we first need to calculate the number of candy bars she has sold.

(70% \text{ of } 20 = 0.70 \times 20 = 14)

So, Ashley has sold 14 candy bars.

To find out how many candy bars she has left to sell, we subtract the number of candy bars she has sold from the total number of candy bars she was supposed to sell.

(20 - 14 = 6)

Therefore, Ashley has 6 candy bars left to sell.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.