Solve Percent Equations Word Problem

Harold's computer hard drive has 131.25 GB of free space, which is about 17.5% of the capacity of his hard drive. What is the capacity of the hard drive in GB?

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A large university accepts 70​% of the students who apply. Of the students the university​ accepts, 45​% actually enroll. If 20,000 students​ apply, how many actually​ enroll?

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Many states have a meal tax that is proportional to the total spent on food and beverage. In one state, the meal tax is 6.16%. How much tax will a customer pay if the food and beverages total is $44?

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An auto insurance company pays 12%

commission to its agents for each new insurance

policy they sell. How much commission does an

agent make on a $1,000 policy?

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Bill paid $35.99 in tax on a laptop that cost $449.99. About what percent sales tax did Bill pay? (round to the nearest whole percent)

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In a survey of 2,400 people who owned a certain type of​ car, 480 said they would buy that type of car again. What percent of the people surveyed were satisfied with the​ car?

The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 70 people. If this number represents 4​% of all of the​ newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper​ have?

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Write your answer as money without the dollar sign (##.##)

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Write your answer as money without the dollar sign (##.##)

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A typical tip in a restaurant is​ 15% of the total bill. If the bill is ​$160​, what would the typical tip​ be?

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