Question

students at Maple School earned $452 selling candles. They want to accumulate $2,000 for a club trip. What percent of their goal has been reached?

Answer 1

Answer:
`22.6\%`

Explanation:

You know that the students at Maple School wants to accumulate a total of $2,000 for the club trip; this total represents the 100%,

Since the amount of money the students earned selling candles was $452.

Knowing this, you can write the following proportion, where "x" is the percent the student's goal that has been reached:

`( \$2,000)/(100)=(\$452 )/(x)`

Finally, you must solve for "x":

`( \$2,000)/(100)=(\$452 )/(x)\\\\x(( \$2,000)/(100))= \$452\\\\x=(\$452)/(20)\\\\x=22.6`

Therefore, 22.6% of their goal has been reached.