Question

27 of tents for sale at an outdoors store are green. If this represents 18% of all the tents in the store, how many tents are not green?

A. 150
B. 123
C. 82
D. 73

Answer 1

B. 123

Explanation:

Let x be the total number of the tents for sale at the outdoor store.

We are told that 27 of tents for sale at an outdoors store are green. This represents 18% of all the tents in the store.

To find the total number of tents, we need to figure out x such that 18% of x equals 27.

`18\% \text{ of } x=27`

`(18)/(100)x=27`

`0.18x=27`

Upon dividing both sides of equation by 0.18 we will get,

`(0.18x)/(0.18)=(27)/(0.18)`

`x=(27)/(0.18)`

`x=150`

Let us subtract the number of green tents from total number of tents to find the number of tents that are not green.

`\text{The number of tents that are not green}=150-27`

`\text{The number of tents that are not green}=123`

Therefore, 123 tents are not green and option B is the correct choice.