Members of the drama club sold t shirts for their upcoming musical. of the 80 t shirts sold, 55 % were size medium. how many of the t shirts sold were size medium?

44 shirts were a size medium

To find this answer...
We know that 80 T shirts are equal to 100% of the the T shirts

To find 55% of 80, we could cross multiply

80 ?

100% 55%

1. We multiple 80 by 55 to get 4,400
2. We divide 4,400 by 100 to get 44
3. 44 is 55% of 80

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