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There are 25 students in Mrs. Murphy's math class. Of these students, 10 have brown hair, 8 have black hair, 5 have blonde hair, and 2 have red hair. What percentage of students in Mrs. Murphy's class have blonde hair?

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MsRobbins
Divide number of blondes by total. So 5/25. You’ll get 0.2. Multiply that by 100 to get your percent which is 20%.

The percentage of students in Mrs. Murphy's class who have blonde hair will be 20%.

What is the percentage?

The amount of something is expressed as if it is a part of the total which is a hundred. The ratio can be expressed as a fraction of 100. The word percent means per 100. It is represented by the symbol ‘%’.

There are 25 students in Mrs. Murphy's math class. Of these students, 10 have brown hair, 8 have black hair, 5 have blonde hair, and 2 have red hair.

Then the percentage of students in Mrs. Murphy's class who have blonde hair will be

Total students = 25

Then we have

[tex]\rm P = \dfrac{5}{25} \times 100\\\\P = 0.20 \times 100\\\\P = 20 \%[/tex]

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