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Question
In a camp, there were 500 soldiers. 60 more soldiers joined them. What percent of the earlier (original) number have joined the camp?
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Solution
Number of soldiers = 500
More joined them = 60
Percentage to join the earlier = `60/500xx100` = 12%
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