Question

Lee had a total of 40 e-mails on Monday. Eight of the e-mails were from her friend Cara. What percent of the e-mails were from Cara?

A) 8%
B) 20%
C) 32%
D) 40%

Answer 1

(8 / 40) * 100 = 20% of the emails were from Cara.

Answer 2

Answer:

To find the percent of the e-mails from Cara, divide the number of the emails which are from her by the total number of emails and multiply the quotient by 100%. This is shown below,

 (8 / 40) x 100% = 20%

Thus, 20% of the emails are from Cara. 

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