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Percent Word Problems - Examples & Practice

By Alex Federspiel
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SAT Math Day\text{SAT Math Day}

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Today (June 23) is SAT Math Day! To celebrate we're giving you a very unfun and sterile math problem to solve in order to contrast our very own fun and exciting problems.

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The soil in Argentina is said to have a water absorption rate of 65%65\%. Meanwhile, the soil in Ethiopia is said to have a water absorption rate of 45%45\%. If you were to combine these two soils equally, what would the water absorption rate become?

Round your answer to the nearest percent.

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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