A gumball machine contains 23 green gumballs, 52 red gumballs, 34 blue gumballs, 61 yellow gumballs, and 30 pink gumballs. What percentage of the gumballs are red? %

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A gumball machine contains 23 green gumballs, 52 red gumballs, 34 blue gumballs, 61 yellow gumballs, and 30 pink gumballs. What percentage of the gumballs are red?  %

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Calculate total gumballs: Calculate the total number of gumballs in the machine by adding up all the gumballs of different colors. Total gumballs = 23 (green) + 52 (red) + 34 (blue) + 61 (yellow) + 30 (pink) Total gumballs = 200Identify red gumballs: Identify the number of red gumballs in the machine. Red gumballs = 52Calculate percentage of red gumballs: Calculate the percentage of red gumballs by dividing the number of red gumballs by the total number of gumballs and then multiplying by 100. Percentage of red gumballs = (Red gumballs / Total gumballs) × 100% Percentage of red gumballs = (52 / 200) × 100% Percentage of red gumballs = 0.26 × 100% Percentage of red gumballs = 26%

A gumball machine contains $23$ green gumballs, $52$ red gumballs, $34$ blue gumballs, $61$ yellow gumballs, and $30$ pink gumballs. $\newline$ What percentage of the gumballs are red? $\newline$ $\%$

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