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Ariel brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for her birthday. 6060 students decided to take a cupcake, and 90%90\% of them picked vanilla. How many people picked a vanilla cupcake?\newline____\_\_\_\_ students

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Q. Ariel brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for her birthday. 6060 students decided to take a cupcake, and 90%90\% of them picked vanilla. How many people picked a vanilla cupcake?\newline____\_\_\_\_ students
  1. Convert to decimal: Convert 90%90\% to a decimal.\newline90%=90100=0.9090\% = \frac{90}{100} = 0.90
  2. Calculate vanilla students: Calculate the number of students who picked vanilla.\newlineTotal students who took a cupcake = 6060\newlinePercent that chose vanilla = 0.900.90\newlineNumber of vanilla cupcake choosers = 0.90×600.90 \times 60
  3. Perform multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the number of students. 0.90×60=540.90 \times 60 = 54

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