Question

last year 40 people adopted a mantee through Fia's foundation. This year 15% more people adopted a manatee . How many people adopted a manatee this year

Answer 1

The answer should be 46, because 15% of 40 is 6, and then you would add to last years number, to get 46.

Answer 2

Find out the how many people adopted a manatee this year .

To prove

As given

last year 40 people adopted a mantee through Fia's foundation.

This year 15% more people adopted a manatee

15 % is written inthe decimal form

`= (15)/(100)`

=0.15

15% of the last year 40 people adopted a mantee = 0.15 × 40

= 6

Total number of people adopted a manatee this year = 6 + 40

= 46

Therefore the people adopted a manatee this year be 46 .

Hence proved