Question

of the 50 U.S states, 4 have names that start with the letter W. What percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W?

Answer 1

8% of of the Us states have the names that start with W.

Explanation:

We are told that, of the 50 states, 4 have names that start with letter W, and to figure out what percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W, we need to know what what 4 is what percent of 50.

We figure this out the following way:

Percent =
`(4)/(50) *100=0.08*100 =8`

Percent = 8%