A sample of 3200 people tried a new medication. 300 of these people had a negative reaction. What percent of the sample had a negative reaction? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent. My answer is 1066.67

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A sample of 3200 people tried a new medication. 300 of these people had a negative reaction. What percent of the sample had a negative reaction?  Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent. My answer is 1066.67

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Not quite...remember a percent is out of 100

out of 3200 people...300 had a negative reaction...so 300 out of 3200 can be represented as

$$\large \frac{300}{3200}$$

Then multiply the result by 100 to get the percent