Question

A school year begins with 24 students

trying out for the basketball team and 20
students trying out for the debate team.
Within a week, 6 students have dropped
out of the basketball tryouts and 2
students have dropped out of the debate
tryouts. What percentage of the remaining
students are trying out for the basketball
team?

Answer 1

50%

Explanation:

In rhe beginning, there were 24 + 20 = 44 students trying out in total. After a week, there are 44 - 6 - 2 = 36 students remaining. Of those 36 students, 18 of them are trying out for the basketball team. The percentage of students trying out for the basketball team would be 18/36 = 0.5 = 50%