Question

38% of a companys employees prefer coffee to tea . if the company has 7000 employees , how many prefer coffee to tea/

Answer 1

so if 7000 is the 100%, how much is the 38%?


`\bf \begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 7000&100\\ x&38 \end{array}\implies \cfrac{7000}{x}=\cfrac{100}{38}\implies \cfrac{7000\cdot 38}{100}=x`