Students at maple school earned $452 selling candles. they want to accumulate $2,000 for a club trip. what percent of their goal has been reached?

Step-by-step explanation:

You know that the students at Maple School wants to accumulate a total of $2,000 for the club trip; this total represents the 100%,

Since the amount of money the students earned selling candles was $452.

Knowing this, you can write the following proportion, where "x" is the percent  the student's goal that has been reached:

Finally, you must solve for "x":

Therefore, 22.6% of their goal has been reached.

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