Question

Please help im confused

At a middle school, 74 students have freckles. There are 258 students in the school. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percent of the students have freckles?

A 34.6%
B 18.4%
C 40.2%
D 28.7%

Answer 1

28.7% is your answer

Answer 2

74/258 = %/100 , cross multiply 74 times 100 then divide by 258 = 28.6821705 , rounding it gets you to 28.7%. The answer is D.