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giannawatson:

Mindy conducted a survey of the phones in four stores and wrote the following observations: 5 of the 8 phones in Store 1 were smartphones 13 of the 22 phones in Store 2 were smartphones 22 of the 30 phones in Store 3 were smartphones 12 of the 25 phones in Store 4 were smartphones Based on the survey, which store had the greatest percentage of smart phones?

giannawatson:

is it 5 of 8 or 12 of 25

leila1234567:

k so we have to find out

giannawatson:

which store had the greatest percentage of smart phones?

leila1234567:

which do you think is low?

giannawatson:

the 2nd and 3rd one

leila1234567:

ok

leila1234567:

but one is wrong

giannawatson:

4?

leila1234567:

no

leila1234567:

Would you rather have 48cents or 73cents

giannawatson:

73

leila1234567:

so

leila1234567:

You need to find the decimal for all to find it

giannawatson:

no 48 i'm not greedy but 1 right

leila1234567:

ok so store 1 5 divide 8=

giannawatson:

0.625

leila1234567:

k

leila1234567:

store 2 13 divide 25=

giannawatson:

0.52

leila1234567:

store 3 22/30=

giannawatson:

0.73~

leila1234567:

store 4 12 /25

giannawatson:

0.48

leila1234567:

k so which one is greater

giannawatson:

0.48

giannawatson:

the smaller the greater

leila1234567:

not exactly but they choose store 4 but in real life it's store 3

giannawatson:

0.7333333333333

leila1234567:

yes in real life

leila1234567:

but computer wise store 4

giannawatson:

so 3 or 4

leila1234567:

yes basically

leila1234567:

they try to confuse you

leila1234567:

trick question

giannawatson:

o well they did

leila1234567:

yep

leila1234567:

but remember to turn them into decimals

giannawatson:

k

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