Question

The first bar is what percent as long as the second bar?

Answer 1

To find the how much the first bar represents from the second bar, we need to calculate the ratio between them.

`(2)/(5)`

To convert this ratio to a percentage, we just need to convert the denominator to 100, and the numerator will be the percentual value. We can convert by multiplying both the numerator and denominator by 20.

`(2)/(5)*(20)/(20)=(2*20)/(5*20)=(40)/(100)=40\%`

The first bar is 40% as long as the second bar.