three frinds are sharing 36 cookies . jerry wants 25% of the cokies , gary wants 1/2 of the cookies and terry wants o.75 of the cookies . how many cookies does each person want? can they get what they want ? explain your answer

Jerry: 0.25 * 36 = 9

Gary: 0.5 * 36 = 18
Terry: 0.75 * 36 = 27

each person gets 18

To find out how many cookies each person wants, we need to calculate their respective percentages.

1. Jerry wants 25% of the cookies. To find out how many cookies Jerry wants, we can use the formula:
number of cookies = (percentage/100) * total cookies

number of cookies Jerry wants = (25/100) * 36
= 0.25 * 36
= 9 cookies

2. Gary wants 1/2 (or 50%) of the cookies. Using the same formula:
number of cookies Gary wants = (50/100) * 36
= 0.5 * 36
= 18 cookies

3. Terry wants 0.75 (or 75%) of the cookies. Again, using the formula:
number of cookies Terry wants = (75/100) * 36
= 0.75 * 36
= 27 cookies

Now let's calculate the total number of cookies that all three friends want:
Total cookies wanted = number of cookies Jerry wants + number of cookies Gary wants + number of cookies Terry wants
= 9 cookies + 18 cookies + 27 cookies
= 54 cookies

Therefore, the total number of cookies that the friends want (54 cookies) is greater than the total number of cookies available (36 cookies). Hence, they cannot get exactly what they want because the total number of cookies wanted exceeds the total number of cookies available.