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A fox breaks into a henhouse and eats 16 hens before the farmer scares it away. If there were originally 800,000 hens in the henhouse, the fox ate what percentage of of the hens ?

A. 2%

B. 0.2%

C. 0.02%

D. 0.002%

E. 0.0002%
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Re: A fox breaks into a henhouse and eats 16 hens before the farmer scares [#permalink] New post   01 May 2023, 07:26
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1% of 800,000 = 8,000
2% of 800,000 = 16,000

Carrying on...
0.2% x 800,000 = 1,600
0.02% x 800,000 = 160
0.002% x 800,000 = 16

Therefore, D is our answer
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Re: A fox breaks into a henhouse and eats 16 hens before the farmer scares [#permalink] New post   02 May 2023, 08:26
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Bunuel wrote:
A fox breaks into a henhouse and eats 16 hens before the farmer scares it away. If there were originally 800,000 hens in the henhouse, the fox ate what percentage of of the hens ?

A. 2%

B. 0.2%

C. 0.02%

D. 0.002%

E. 0.0002%
\(\frac{16}{800000}*100 = 0.002\)%, Answer must be (D)
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