Of the 200 packages of bagels sold 15 of them are sesame seed bagels what percent of the bagel packages sold are sesame seed bagels

Of the 200 packages of bagels sold, 15 of them are sesame seed bagels. What percent of the bagel packages sold are sesame seed bagels?

The fraction represents the number of sesame seed bagel packages out of all the packages.

To find out what percent are sesame seed bagel packages, we can turn the fraction into a percent.

We can first reduce the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 15 and 200 using 5.

15 ÷ 5 = 3

200 ÷ 5 = 40

3 ÷ 40 = 0.075

0.075 × 100 = 7.5%

Therefore, 7.5% of the bagel packages sold were sesame seed bagels.

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