Question

I am organized an ocean cleanup and we collected a total of 25 pounds of garbage 16 pounds of the garbage consisted of plastic what percent of the garbage was plastic

Answer 1

64%.

Explanation:

We are told that in an ocean cleanup we collected a total of 25 pounds of garbage and 16 pounds of the garbage consisted of plastic. We are asked to find out what percent of the garbage was plastic .

We can set an equation to find out our percentage as:

`(16)/(25) *100`

`0.64*100`

`64%`

Therefore, 64% of the garbage was plastic.

Answer 2

Answer: 64% of garbage was plastic over there when he was collected garbage.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Total amount of garbage collected by them = 25 pounds

Total amount of garbage which consisted of plastic = 16 pounds

Percent of the garbage was garbage is given by

`( plastic)/(total)* 100`

`=(16)/(25)* 100\\\\=16* 4\\\\=64`

Hence, 64% of garbage was plastic over there when he was collected garbage.