Question

A school staff meeting had 36 teachers in attendance, 75% of whom were first-year teachers. How many first-year teachers were in the meeting?

Answer 1

27

Explanation:

First, lets write this down, 36 x 75%, then lets convert the percent: 36 x .75, multiply! And we get 27.

Answer 2

`\huge\boxed{\sf 27\ teachers}`

Explanation:

Total Teachers in the meeting = 36

First-year teachers = 75 % of 36

We know that:

[ "of" means to "multiply" ]

[ % means out of 100 ]

So,

=
`(75)/(100) * 36`

=
`(3)/(4) * 36`

= 3 * 9

= 27 teachers

`\rule[225]{225}{2}`

Hope this helped!

~AH1807