Question

Mrs. Woodworth brought 50 pies to a bake sale. She sold 42 of them and donated the rest to a local food shelter. What percent of the pies did she sell?​

Answer 1

the percent of the pies did she sell is 84%

Explanation:

The computation of the percent of the pies did she sell is as follow;

= Number of pies sold ÷ total number of pies purchased

= 42 ÷ 50

= 84%

Hence, the percent of the pies did she sell is 84%

We simply divided by the number of pies sold from the total number of pies purchased so that the selling percentage could come