A company that makes hair-care products had 7,000 people try a new shampoo. Of the 7,000 people, 56 had a mild allergic reaction. What percent of the people had a mild allergic reaction?

0.8

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i believe it would be 56/7000 and you multiply your answer 0.008 by 100 so 0.8 had a mild reaction

0.8%

Step-by-step explanation:

Think of it as a fraction: 56/7,000. To get a percent you want to simplify the denominator to 100. Then what you do to the denominator, you must do to the numerator, so simplify 56 by the number you simplified 7,000 to get to 100. Then you will have your answer of 0.8%.

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