Final answer:
To calculate the percentage of apples in a fruit basket, divide the number of apples by the total number of fruit and multiply by 100. In this case, the percentage of apples is 20% of the basket.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out what percentage of the fruit are apples in a basket containing 4 apples, 5 oranges, 8 bananas, and 3 peaches, we first need to determine the total amount of fruit in the basket. The total count of fruit is the sum of apples, oranges, bananas, and peaches. Therefore, the total is 4 apples + 5 oranges + 8 bananas + 3 peaches = 20 pieces of fruit in total. The next step is to calculate the percentage of apples in the basket. To find this percentage, we divide the number of apples by the total number of fruit and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage.
Percentage of apples = (Number of apples / Total number of fruit) × 100
= (4 / 20) × 100
= 0.2 × 100
= 20%.
So, apples make up 20% of the fruit in the basket, which answers the student's question.