Question

A flock of sheep has 182 white sheep and 98 spotted sheep. Which proportion can be used to determine p, the percent of the flock that has spots

Answer 1

The proportion you use is the 98 spotted sheep out of 280 sheep, and the percentage of sheep which are spotted is 35%

Explanation:

The proportion that can be used should be the 98/280

and if you wanted that as a percentage (of spotted sheep) = 98/280 x 100

which equals 35%