Question

The Glen Oaks Village Co-op is represented by s shares. Sage owns r shares. Express the percent of shares he owns algebraically.

Answer 1

The percent of shares Sage owns can be expressed algebraically as:

(Sage's number of shares / Total number of shares) x 100%

Since the total number of shares is represented by s, we can substitute s for the total number of shares:

(Sage's number of shares / s) x 100%

We know that Sage owns r shares, so we can substitute r for Sage's number of shares:

(r / s) x 100%

Therefore, the percent of shares Sage owns in the Glen Oaks Village Co-op is:

(r / s) x 100%