Question

27 pounds of recyclable trash is what percentage of the barrel of 53 pounds of trash

Answer 1

50.94339623 percent boiii

Answer 2

50.9%

Explanation:

We are asked to find 27 pounds of recyclable trash is what percentage of the barrel of 53 pounds of trash.

We need to find 27 is what percent of 53. We can represent this information in an equation as:]

`(27)/(53)* 100`

`0.5094339* 100`

`50.94339\%\approx 50.9\%`

Therefore, 27 pounds of recyclable trash is 50.9% of the barrel of 53 pounds of trash.