Elmer has a collection of 300 fossils. Of those, 21% are fossilized snail shells. How many fossilized snail shells does Elmer ha

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Scilla [17]

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Elmer has a collection of 300 fossils. Of those, 21% are fossilized snail shells. How many fossilized snail shells does Elmer ha

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kakasveta [241] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-20T05:39:22+03:00

kakasveta [241]3 years ago

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Use the percent proportion

21 x
—— = ——
100 300

to solve :
21 x 300 = 6300
6300 ÷ 100 = 63

Answer = 63 of Elmer’s shells are fossilized snail shells :)