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Kayla sorts her paper clips by color and summarizes her data using a percent bar graph. She finds that 15 paper clips are green. If there are 50 paper clips in all, how far up will the bar for green go in her bar graph?(1 point)
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up to 60%
up to 60%

up to 30%
up to 30%

up to 75%
up to 75%

up to 15%
up to 15%
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Answer 1

To determine how far up the bar for green will go in Kayla's percent bar graph, we need to calculate the percentage of green paper clips out of the total number of paper clips.

Kayla has 15 green paper clips, and the total number of paper clips is 50.

To find the percentage, use the formula:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of green paper clips}}{\text{Total number of paper clips}} \right) \times 100
\]

Substituting the values:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{15}{50} \right) \times 100 = 0.3 \times 100 = 30\%
\]

Therefore, the bar for green in the percent bar graph will go up to **30%**.

The correct response is:
**up to 30%**