Question

During 1996 - one of our last big droughts in Texas, there were $7 billion in losses due to the drought. Of that number, $1.8billion are direct losses to ranchers. What percent of the total losses were direct loss, Round your number to one decimal place.

Answer 1

Answer: 25.7%

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the percent we can use the rule of three, where we know that 7 billion is 100% and we want to know the percent of 1.8 billion as:

7 billion ------------ 100%

1.8 billion ---------- X

Where X is the percent of the total losses that were direct loss.

Solving for X, we get:

`X=\frac{1.8\cdot100\text{ \%}}{7}=25.7\text{ \%}`

Therefore, the answer is 25.7%