Question

A woman wants to make a 4 inch wide copy of a drawing that is 5 inch wide. On the photo copier, what percent setting should she use to make a copy this size

A 5%
B 80%
C 90%
D 125%

Answer 1

80%

Explanation:

4/5 multiply them together and it equals 20

then multiply 4 and 5 by 20 which will get you

80/100 so.. convert it to percentage and you get...

80%

Answer 2

B 80 %

Explanation:

She wants to reduce the size of the drawing, so the setting should be a proper fraction.

Setting = 4/5

Multiply numerator and denominator by 20 = 80/100

Convert to percent = 80 %

The setting should be 80 %.