Question

When moniqua went hiking, she saw 6 elm trees. She saw 25 trees in total. What percent of the trees that moniqua saw were elm trees?

Answer 1

24%

Explanation:

we know that

In this problem 25 trees represent the 100%

so

using proportion

Find out what percentage of the trees that Moniqua saw represent 6 elm trees

`(25)/(100\%)=(6)/(x)\\\\x=6(100\%)/25\\\\x=24\%`