25 9 start fraction, 9, divided by, 25, end fraction of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee. What percent of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee?
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Answer: [tex]36\%[/tex]Step-by-step explanation: The complete exercise is: "[tex]\frac{9}{25}[/tex] of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee. 25 What percent of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee". In order to solve this exercise, you need to follow the steps shown below: Step 1: Divide the numerator 9 of the fraction by the denominator 25. Then: [tex]9\div25=0.36[/tex] Step 2: To calculate the percent of Polly's co-workers that prefer tea over coffee, you must multiply the quotient obtained before (this is [tex]0.36[/tex]) by 100. Therefore, you get the following result: [tex]Percent=(0.36)(100)\\\\Percent=36\%[/tex] Then, you can conclude that 36% of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee.