of the 200 packages of bagels sold, 15 of them are sesame seed bagels. what percent of the bagel packages sold are sesame seed bagels.

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15/200 is 0.075. If you move the decimal place to the right two spots, you have your percentage, which is 7.5%7.5% were sold as sesame seed bagels.

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As in the other question, we can find the answer by doing a simple equation:15 = x% from 20015 = [tex]\frac{x}{100}[/tex] * 20015 = 2x                   / ÷ 2 (both sides)x = 7.5 [percent]Answer: 7.5% of bagel packages are sesame seed bagels.