A farmer decides to sell 16 pounds of his small 48 pound potato crop. What percent of the crop did he sell? Write a proportion.

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take 100 divided by 48 times 16 and that's your answer

The crop did he sells is 33.33%.

Given that

A farmer decides to sell 16 pounds of his small 48-pound potato crop.

We have to determine

What percent of the crop did he sell?

According to the question

A farmer decides to sell 16 pounds of his small 48-pound potato crop.

The percent of the crop he sells is determined by,

[tex]\rm = \dfrac{Total \ amount \ of \ crops \ he \ sells }{Total \ amount \ of \ crop}[/tex]

Then,

The percent of the crop he sells is,

[tex]\rm = \dfrac{Total \ amount \ of \ crops \ he \ sells }{Total \ amount \ of \ crop}\\\\= \dfrac{16}{48}\\\\= \dfrac{1}{3}\\\\= 0.33\\[/tex]

To convert the amount in percentage multiply by 100.

[tex]= 0.33 33\times 100\\\\= 33.33[/tex]

Hence, The crop did he sells is 33.33%.

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