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In a scout camp, 40% of the scouts were from Gujarat State and 20% of these were from Ahmedabad. The percentage of scouts in the camp from Ahmedabad is:

Given, 40% of the scouts were form Gujarat state and 20% of these were from Ahmedabad


Need to find out the percentage of scouts in the camp from Ahmedabad


Let us consider the scouts in camp be 100


Then, scouts from Gujarat = 40% of 100 =


= 40


Scouts from Ahmedabad = 20% of 40 =


= 8


Percentage of scouts from Ahmedabad = 100%


=


= 8%


Option A is incorrect as 25%≠ 8%


Option B is correct as 32.5%≠ 8%


Option C is correct as 8% = 8%


Option D is incorrect as 50%≠ 8%


Hence, option C is the correct one

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