Question

A- At a local department store, pants are typically priced at $42. Due to a special, the pants are reduced to 71.4% of their original price. How much are pants now? Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar. Show your work.

B- Sandy went to her local zoo that featured 37 monkey exhibits. If the zoo features 49 exhibits in total, then what percent of the zoo's exhibits feature monkeys? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Show your work.

Answer 1

The answer to b is 76%

Explanation:

its asking what percent of the exhibits are monkey exhibits so you put the monkey exhibits over the total exibits and get 76%

Answer 2

Part A)
`\$30`

Part B)
`76\%`

Explanation:

Part A)

Let

x-------> the cost of the pants now

we know that

`71.4\%=(71.4)/(100)=0.714`

so

`x=\$42*0.714=\$29.99`

Round to the nearest whole dollar

`\$29.99=\$30`

Part B) using proportion

`(100)/(49)(\%)/(exhibits)=(x)/(37)(\%)/(exhibits) \\ \\x=37*100/49\\ \\x=75.51\%`

Round to the nearest whole number

`75.51\%=76\%`