Question

A basket contains 12 apples. nine of the apples have worm holes. what percentage of the apples have worm holes?. (give your answer as a percentage​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Percentage

=9/12 × 100

= 3/4 × 100

= 75%

Answer 2

75% of apples have worm holes

Explanation:

Given:

Total number of apples=12 apples

Number of apples with worm holes= 9 apples

To find:

Percentage of the apples have worm holes=?

Solution:

`Percentage of the apples have worm holes=\frac{\text{number of apples that have worm holes}}{\text{Total number of apples}}* 100`

Substituting the values

`Percentage of the apples have worm holes=(3)/(4)* 100`

`Percentage of the apples have worm holes=0.75* 100`

Percentage of the apples have worm holes=75%