Peter sold 420 copies of a leading newspaper. What percent of the total number of copies of this newspaper did he sell if 80 copies remain unsold?
420 total papers, 80 of them weren't sold which means 340 were sold. 340/420 which is 80.095%
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Peter sold 420 newspapers.
80 remained unsold, which means there were:
420 + 80 =500 newspapers to begin with.
420 / 500 =.84 x 100 = 84% of the newspapers were sold by Peter.
