Question

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car survey in a survey of 1,600 people who owned a certain type of car, 800 said they would buy that type of car again.
what percent of the people surveyed were satisfied with the car?
% of the people surveyed were satisfied with the car.
(type a whole number)

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the proportion

The formula for percentage is $\frac{\text{number of satisfied people}}{\text{total number of people surveyed}}\times100\%$. Here, the number of satisfied people is $800$ and the total number of people surveyed is $1600$. So the proportion is $\frac{800}{1600}$.

Step2: Simplify the fraction and multiply by 100%

Simplify $\frac{800}{1600}=\frac{1}{2}$. Then $\frac{1}{2}\times100\% = 50\%$.

Answer:

$50$