Question

Sanford's shoe store received a shipment of shoes for its newest location. The manager determined that 35% of the shoes were athletic shoes. What fraction of the shoes were athletic shoes?

A.7/20
B.1/6
C.3/8
D.13/20

Answer 1

it is a. because you hae to change your % into a decimal by moving the decimal 2 places to the left and that gives you 35/100 simplified that is 7/20

Answer 2

`35\%=(35)/(100)=(35 / 5)/(100 / 5)=\boxed{(7)/(20)} \Leftarrow \hbox{the answer is A}`