How popularity affected the price -
I’d say it affected the price because the more popular the more people bought and if people were buying you’d raise the price if that makes sense
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Here, we have to find 45% of the total muffins. So, you multiply:
0.45 x 60 = 27
27 muffins were sold by noon.