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A Boy Scout group plans to sell bags of popcorn to raise money for a camping trip. To determine the number of bags they should order, they randomly surveyed 60 people and asked which flavor of popcorn they preferred. Listed below are the results:

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Plain 9
Butter 24
Cheese 12
Caramel 15


If the troop is ordering 500 bags of popcorn, how many should be plain based on this survey?

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