Question

Manny bought 12 pounds of vegetables at the supermarket. 75% of the vegetables were on sale. How many pounds of vegetables were not on sale?

Answer 1

3 pounds of vegetables bought were not on sale.

Explanation:

Given:

Total pounds of vegetable bought by Manny = 12

Percentage of vegetables that are on sale = 75%

To find the pounds of vegetables that were not on sale.

Solution:

If the percentage of of vegetables that are on sale is 75%.

Then, the percentage of of vegetables that were not on sale is =
`100\%-75\%` = 25%

Total pounds of vegetable bought is 12 pounds, of which 25% were not on sale.

So, the pounds of vegetables that were not on sale is:

⇒
`25\%\ of\ 12`

⇒
`0.25* 12`

⇒ 3

Thus, 3 pounds of vegetables bought were not on sale.