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A scientist tracked the summer eating habits of brown bears. His results are shown in the graph below.

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If the brown bears’ reliance on leaves increased by 14 percent, how would the combined total of all the percentages be affected?
It would increase by 14 percent.
It would decrease to 86 percent.
It would remain at 100 percent.
It would change to 114 percent.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It would change to 114 percent.

Explanation: the diet percentages currently sum to 100%. If the leaves category increases by 14 percentage points while the others stay the same, the total becomes 100% + 14% = 114%.