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Out of $300$ seeds that were planted, $80 percent sign$ sprouted. How many of these seeds sprouted?

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Explanation

The correct answer is $240$ . It’s given that $80 percent sign$ of the $300$ seeds sprouted. Therefore, the number of seeds that sprouted can be calculated by multiplying the number of seeds that were planted by $StartFraction 80 Over 100 EndFraction$ , which gives $300 left parenthesis StartFraction 80 Over 100 EndFraction right parenthesis$ , or $240$ .