Question

In a survey of 100 people, 65 preferred Ford trucks over Chevrolet trucks.What percent preferred Chevrolet trucks?

Answer 1

The total number of people is

`=100`

The number of people that preferred ford trucks are

`=65`

The number of people that preferred Chevrolet trucks will be

`=\text{total number - number of ford trucks}`

By substituting the values, we will have

`\begin{gathered} \text{chevrolet trucks = 100 - 65} \\ \text{chevrolet trucks }=35 \end{gathered}`

The percentage will be calculated using the formula below

`\begin{gathered} \text{chevrolet}=(35)/(100)*100\% \\ \text{chevrolet}=35\% \end{gathered}`

Hence,

The percentage that preferred Chevrolet trucks = 35%