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Isabel grows potatoes in her garden. This year, she harvested $760$ potatoes and saved $10 percent sign$ of them to plant next year. How many of the harvested potatoes did Isabel save to plant next year?

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Explanation

Choice B is correct. The number of harvested potatoes Isabel saved to plant next year can be calculated by multiplying the total number of potatoes Isabel harvested, $760$ , by the proportion of potatoes she saved. Since she saved $10 percent sign$ of the potatoes she harvested, the proportion of potatoes she saved is $StartFraction 10 Over 100 EndFraction$ , or $0.1$ . Multiplying $760$ by this proportion gives $760 left parenthesis 0.1 right parenthesis$ , or $76$ , potatoes that she saved to plant next year.

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.