Question

If there are 125 people and only 57 of them have pets, what percent has pets?

Answer 1

if we take 125 to be the 100%, what is 57 off of it in percentage?
`\bf \begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \cline{1-2} 125&100\\ 57&x \end{array}\implies \cfrac{125}{57}=\cfrac{100}{x}\implies 125x=5700 \\\\\\ x=\cfrac{5700}{125}\implies x = 45.6`

Answer 2

There are 125 people and 57 of the people have pets. What percent of people have pets.

First, we need to understand what the question is asking us to do. We know that there are 125 people altogether and only 57 of the people have pets. We are trying to figure out what percent of the people have pets.

The fraction
`(57)/(125)` is representing the 57 people who have pets out of all the people. To find what percent of people have pets, we have to change
`(57)/(125)` to a percent.

57 ÷ 125 = 0.456

0.456 × 100 = 45.6%

Therefore, 45.6% of people have have pets.