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Eric conducted a survey of the cars in four parking lots and wrote the following observations:

15 of the 36 cars in lot 1 were blue
43 of the 92 cars in lot 2 were blue
12 of the 30 cars in lot 3 were blue
32 of the 52 cars in lot 4 were blue

Based on the survey, which parking lot had the greatest percentage of blue cars?

User Suresh Ram
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Answer:

lot 4

Explanation:

i took the test and got it right. 32/52 as a percentage is 61.538461538462% making it the highest percentage of them all.

User Casanova
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quick way the one with the 2 closest numbers

other way divide all 4 options

15/36 = 0.41 = 41%

43/92 = 0.46 = 46%

12/30 = 0.4 = 40%

32/52 = 0.62 = 62% Lot 4 had highest percent

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