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29Percent ProportionsUse a proportion for each. Show <strong>you</strong>r work!!1> Shauntel’s family is buying a new TV that costs$482. The sales tax rate in NJ is 7%. <strong>How</strong> much taxwill Shauntel’s family have <strong>to</strong> pay on the TV?=2> 18 out of the 45 students in a class are boys.What is the percentage of boys in the class?=3> Martha sold $900 worth of cosmetics in March.If she gets a 14% commission on her sales, how muchdid she make in March?=4> The Central High basketball team won 18 oftheir 24 games last year. What percentage of theirgames did they win?=5> If Tom answered 90% of the 20 questions onhis his<strong>to</strong>ry test correctly, how many questions did he getright?=6> A production line making <strong>to</strong>ys produced 350<strong>to</strong>ys. If 14 of the <strong>to</strong>ys were defective, what percentage ofthe <strong>to</strong>ys were defective?=7> Dana’s bill for a dinner came <strong>to</strong> $20.00. <strong>How</strong>much should she leave for a tip if the tipping rate is15%?=8> 36% of the 1500 students at La Marque areover 6 feet tall. <strong>How</strong> many students are over 6 feet tall?=9> 576 out of the 900 teachers in the PasadenaSchool District drive <strong>do</strong>mestic cars. What percentage ofteachers drive <strong>do</strong>mestic cars?=10> 42% of the houses in the Little<strong>to</strong>n subdivisionare two-s<strong>to</strong>ry houses. If there are 650 homes in thatsubdivision, how many of them are two-s<strong>to</strong>ry?=11> From the information given below, whatpercentage of the students at Ball high are seniors?Freshmen 392 Juniors 237Sophomores 307 Seniors 36412> 268 out of 670 cattle on the Lazy J ranch arebrown. What percentage of their cattle are brown?==

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