Question

⦁ A theater group bought supplies to construct the set of a play. Lumber cost $145.86, paint cost $52.91, and hardware cost $17.63.

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Question

⦁ What percent of the total cost was the cost of the paint and the hardware? Write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth. Show your work.

Answer 1

percent of paint cost: 24.45%

percent of hardware cost: 8.14%

total percent of paint and hardware cost: 32.59%

Step-by-step explanation:

Add the cost of the lumber, the paint and the hardware:

`total\ cost=\$145.86+\$52.91+\$17.63\\total\ cost=\$216.4`

If $216.4 is the total cost of the supplies bought by the theater group to construct the set of a play, then the percent of the cost of the paint is:

`\%paint\ cost=(52.91*100)/(216.4)=24.45\%`

And the percent of the cost of the hardware is:

`\%hardware\ cost=(17.63*100)/(216.4)=8.14\%`

And the total percent of paint cost and hardware cost is:

`=\%24.45+\%8.14=\%32.59`