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Of 900,000 beads, 828,000 are silver. What percentage of the beads are silver?

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Explanation

Choice D is correct. The proportion of the beads that are silver can be written as 828,000900,000, or 0.92 . Therefore, the percentage of the beads that are silver is 0.92100, or 92%.

Choice A is incorrect. This is the percentage of the beads that are not silver.

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

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