Question

Latrell is a sneakerhead. The ratio of Vans to Nikes is 5 to 2. What percent of his sneaker collection is composed of Nikes? Round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

In this case the answer is very simple

Step 01:

Data

5 Vans -------- 2 Nikes

percent nikes = ?

Step 02:

total = 5 vans + 2 nikes = 7 sneakers

percent nikes = (nikes / total sneakers) * 100%

= (2 nikes / 7 sneakers) * 100%

= 0.29*100%

= 29%

The answer is:

The percent of nike sneakers is 29%.