Question

Clark collected 200 fruits from his orchard. 56 of the fruits were durians and the rest were mangoes. What percentage of the fruits were mangoes?

Answer 1

Answer:

72%

Step-by-step explanation:

First find the number of mangoes

200 -56 = 144

Take the number of mangoes over the total

144/200

.72

Change to percent by multiplying by 100

72%

Answer 2

Answer:

72%

Step-by-step explanation:

If 56 of the 200 fruits were durians, then $200-56$ of the fruits were mangoes. Therefore, 144 of the fruits were mangoes.

Now we can set up a percentage proportion to find what percent of 200 144 is.

$\frac{144}{200} = \frac{x}{100}$

Multiply the cross values and divide by the value thats diagonal to the variable.

$144\cdot100=14400\\14400\div200=72$

So, the answer is 72%

Hope this helped!