Alex buys 24 apples from the supermarket. When he gets home, he finds that 6 apples are bad. What percentage of the apples are bad? Round your answer to the nearest number

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6/24 is 25 percent......  so 25% of his apples are bad.

The percentage of the bad apples = 25%

What is percentage?

"It is ratio that can be expressed as a fraction of 100."

For given question,

Alex buys 24 apples from the supermarket.

He finds that 6 apples are bad.

To find the percentage of the bad apples.

Let P be the percentage of the bad apples.

[tex]P=\frac{6}{24}\times 100\\\\ P=\frac{1}{4}\times 100\\\\ P=25\%[/tex]

Therefore, the percentage of the bad apples = 25%

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