Question

One out of every five people who buy ice cream buys vanilla ice cream. If a store sells 125 ice cream cones in one day, about how many will be vanilla?

Answer 1

1/5 = x/125

125/5 = 25

25 will be vanilla

Answer 2

Answer: 25 vanilla ice creams

Explanation:

Given : One out of every five people who buy ice cream buys vanilla ice cream.

i.e. Fraction of people buy vanilla =
`(1)/(5)`

If a store sells 125 ice cream cones in one day, then by using multiplication operation the number of vanilla ice cream sold :-

`\text{Fraction of people buy vanilla}*\text{Total ice-cream sold}\\\\=(1)/(5)*125=25`

Hence, About 25 vanilla ice creams sells in one day.