The three clubs participating in a food drive decided that one club will be randomly picked to write about the food drive for the school paper. The chance to win is proportional to the number of cans collected by each club. If the selection is done by drawing chips from a box, which percent of the chips should represent club X?
Food Drive Results
Club X: 50 cans
Club Y: 70 cans
Club Z: 80 cans
A. 4
B. 25
C. 33
D. 50
I picked 33, am I right?
To determine the percentage of chips that should represent club X in the drawing, we need to analyze the ratios of the number of cans collected by each club.
First, let's calculate the total number of cans collected by all three clubs:
Total cans = 50 + 70 + 80 = 200
Next, we will find the ratio of cans collected by club X to the total number of cans:
Ratio for club X = (Number of cans collected by club X) / (Total number of cans) = 50 / 200 = 0.25
To express this ratio as a percentage, we multiply it by 100:
Percentage for club X = Ratio for club X * 100 = 0.25 * 100 = 25
Therefore, club X should have 25% of the chips in the box. Since you selected option C (33%), your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is B (25%).
how many for X?
How many in all?
If we divide 50 by 200 you get 200, Is that how you do it?
I meant to say if you divide 50 by 200 you get 25
No. 50 divided by 200 = 0.25
I understand that.....but in the question its asking for percent. So it would be 25%. I was referring to the question maam
You should have included the percent sign. Many math teachers would mark your answer wrong unless you had included the percent sign.
And 50 divided by 200 is NOT 25.