Of the $50$ U.S. states, $4$ have names that start with the letter W. What percent of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W? $\newline$ (Ignore the $\%$ symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is $12 \%$ , enter $12$ .)

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Q. Of the

50

U.S. states,

4

have names that start with the letter W. What percent of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W?

\newline

(Ignore the

\%

symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is

12 \%

, enter

12

Identify States: Identify the total number of U.S. states and the number of states with names that start with the letter W. $\newline$ Total number of U.S. states = $50$ $\newline$ Number of states starting with the letter W = $4$
Calculate Percentage: Calculate the percentage of U.S. states with names that start with the letter W. $\newline$ To find the percentage, we use the formula: $\newline$ $\frac{\text{Number of states starting with W}}{\text{Total number of U.S. states}} \times 100$ $\newline$ $\frac{4}{50} \times 100$
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation from Step $2$ . $\newline$ $( \frac{4}{50} ) \times 100 = 0.08 \times 100 = 8\%$