Question

during a 5-year period, 56% of snowstorms in a certain city caused power outages. Thirty-three of the snowstorms did not cause power outages. find the total number of snowstorms in this city over the 5-year period

Answer 1

44% of storms didn't cause outages

44% = 33

33/44 = 0.75 Each percentage represents 0.75 storms

0.75 x 100 = 75 Total number of storms