Q. There were 6,400 coffee mugs in the man's collection, but only 16 of them had two handles. What percent of the mugs had two handles?
Set up equation: First, let's set up the equation to find the percentage. The formula for percentage is (WholePart)×100.
Plug in values: Now, plug in the values. The part is the number of mugs with two handles, which is 16. The whole is the total number of mugs, which is 6,400. So the equation is (640016)×100.
Do the division: Do the division first. 16 divided by 6400 equals 0.0025.
Convert to percentage: Now, multiply 0.0025 by 100 to convert it to a percentage. 0.0025×100 equals 0.25%.
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