42 of the 150 employees at carlos car repair wear contact lenses. what percent of the employees wear contact lenses?
show the work (use proportion)

so you need to find the percentage of 42/150

first, we need to simplify the question to solve the problem more easier.

42/150 ÷ 2 = 21/75

21/75 ÷ 3 = 7/25

42/150 = 7/25

to make it into a percent, you need to divide 7 by 25 because 25 is the divisor.

7 ÷ 25 = 0.28

and we need to move the decimal twice to the right. the answer is= 28%

its 8

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