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- of 800 cars that drove on a street during a week, 0.75% exceeded the 25 miles per hour speed limit by more than 10 miles per hour. how many cars drove over 35 miles per hour? the number of cars driving over 35 miles per hour is % of = 800 = drivers
Step1: Convert percentage to decimal
To find a percentage of a number, we first convert the percentage to a decimal. We know that $0.75\%=\frac{0.75}{100}=0.0075$.
Step2: Calculate the number of cars
We use the formula $(\text{percentage as decimal})\times(\text{total number of cars})$. So we calculate $0.0075\times800$.
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$0.75\%$ of $800$
$=0.0075\cdot800$
$=6$ drivers