To answer the following questions, my assigned textbook provides a chart of the required information which displays 5 individual sections of the amounts of the different types of DVD rentals. Comedy is 320 rental; action is 200 rentals; drama is 160 rentals; musical is 96 rentals; and the category of other is 24 rentals.
1). What percent of the movies rented were comedies?
2). What type of movie made up 25% of the rentals?
3). What percent of the movies rented were in the "other" category?
800 rentals
1) 100(320/800) = _____%
2) 0.25 * 800 = _______
3) 100(24/800) = _______%
1). 4o%
2). Action
3). 3%
*40%
Right.
To answer these questions, we can use the information provided in the chart. Let's go through each question one by one.
1) To find the percentage of the movies rented that were comedies, we'll divide the number of comedy rentals (320) by the total number of rentals and then multiply by 100. The formula to calculate the percentage is:
Percentage = (Number of Comedies / Total Number of Rentals) * 100
Let's substitute the values into the formula:
Percentage of Comedies = (320 / (320 + 200 + 160 + 96 + 24)) * 100
Simplifying this equation gives us:
Percentage of Comedies = (320 / 800) * 100
Percentage of Comedies = 40%
Therefore, 40% of the movies rented were comedies.
2) To find the type of movie that made up 25% of the rentals, we'll need to find the category that has 25% of the total number of rentals. We can calculate this by multiplying the total number of rentals by 25% and then comparing it to the individual category totals.
25% of Total Rentals = (25 / 100) * (320 + 200 + 160 + 96 + 24)
25% of Total Rentals = (25 / 100) * 800
25% of Total Rentals = 200
Based on the calculations, the movie type that made up 25% of the rentals is either Comedies (320 rentals) or Action (200 rentals), as both total rentals are greater than 200.
3) To find the percentage of movies rented in the "other" category, we'll divide the number of "other" rentals (24) by the total number of rentals and then multiply by 100.
Percentage of "Other" = (Number of "Other" Rentals / Total Number of Rentals) * 100
Let's substitute the values into the formula:
Percentage of "Other" = (24 / (320 + 200 + 160 + 96 + 24)) * 100
Simplifying this equation gives us:
Percentage of "Other" = (24 / 800) * 100
Percentage of "Other" = 3%
Therefore, 3% of the movies rented were in the "other" category.