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In a candy bar, 165 calories are from sugar. There are 250 calories in the candy bar. What percent of the calories are from sugar?

Answer 1

@horsegirl27 @mathmate

Answer 2

so basically, what percent of 250 is 165

Answer 3

Let x represent the percent of calories that is from sugar. We can write the expression as
\[x \times 250 = 165\]
As you mentioned, this is the same as "what percent of (keep in mind "of" suggests multiplication) 250 is equal to 165?"

Solve for x and multiply by 100 and you get your percent.
\[\frac{x \times 250}{250} = \frac{165}{250}\]
\[x = \frac{165}{250}\]

Answer 4

^^^go with that