Question

According to the annual Summer Vacation Survey conducted by Myvesta, a nonprofit consumer education organization, the average summer vacation costs $2252. If $1350 of this amount is charged on a credit card, what percent of the vacation cost is charged? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

Answer:59.9%

Explanation:

Percentage refers to you comparing the ratio of two variables to a 100%.For example, if the numbers of boys and girls in a class is 40 and 60 respectively, then the percentage of boys in the class is 40%.

From the question a part ($1350) of the costs was charged on a credit card.The total vacation cost is $2252.

Hence our ratio will be the cost charged on credit card divided by the total cost mathematically stated as follows;

`$1350/$2252 = 0.5994671403` .

next we compare that to a 100% by multiplying by 100%.

`0.5994671403 * 100% = 59.9446714032%`

to round to nearest tenth, consider the second digit after the decimal point which is 4. "4" isn't up to 5, so its rounded to 0 and added to the digit before it (9). hence our final answer is 55.9%.

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