394 cars, 57 trucks, and 23 buses ventured out in the snowstorm. 83 1/3% got stuck in the snow. How many vehicles got stuck?
394 + 57 + 23 = 474
0.8333 * 474 = ?
To find out how many vehicles got stuck, we first need to calculate the total number of vehicles that ventured out in the snowstorm and then calculate 83 1/3% of that total.
Total vehicles = Number of cars + Number of trucks + Number of buses
Number of cars = 394
Number of trucks = 57
Number of buses = 23
Total vehicles = 394 + 57 + 23 = 474
Now, let's calculate 83 1/3% of the total number of vehicles:
83 1/3% = 83.33%
Number of vehicles that got stuck = (83.33% / 100%) * Total vehicles
Number of vehicles that got stuck = (83.33 / 100) * 474
To calculate this, we multiply the decimal form of 83.33% (0.8333) by the total number of vehicles (474):
Number of vehicles that got stuck = 0.8333 * 474
Now, we can calculate the answer:
Number of vehicles that got stuck ≈ 394.99
Rounding this to the nearest whole number, we can say that approximately 395 vehicles got stuck in the snow.