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  • 24-02-2015
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50% of cakes baked are party cakes - 1/5 were fruit cakes and remainder were sponge cakes. What percentage of cakes were sponge cakes?

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Werbs Werbs
  • 24-02-2015
start by think that 50% can be looked at as 5/10.
Out of the remaining 5/10, 1/5 is fruit cakes, leaving the remaining 4/5 to sponge cakes. Which means that 40% of the cakes were sponge cakes.

50% = party cakes
10% = fruit cakes
40% = sponge cakes
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wsmswolves wsmswolves
  • 24-02-2015
Change the 1/5 to 2/10. This means 20 percent were fruit cakes. 50% are party, 20% are fruit, and remainder are sponge cakes. Therefore, 30 % are sponge cakes
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