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Michael performed an experiment where he tossed two coins, one dime and one  nickel, at the same time and recorded whether each one landed on heads or tails.  His results are shown in the table below.


Nickel

Heads
Tails
Dime
Heads

27

26

Tails

24

23

For what percent of the tosses did the dime Michael tossed land on heads?

  1. 47%
  2. 49%
  3. 54%
  4. 53%

The correct answer is: 53%


    Dimc Michael tossed land on heads = 27 + 26 = 53
    thereforepercentage = 53 over 100 equals 53 percent sign

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