Question

Yesterday, 116 vehicles went through Express Car Wash. Of these vehicles, 74 were minivans. Express the ratio of vehicles other than minivans to use the car wash to the total number of vehicles as a decimal. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

A) 0.36
B) 0.39
C) 0.61
D) 0.64

Answer 1

The ratio of vehicles other than minivans to the total number of vehicles as a decimal is 0.36, making the correct answer A) 0.36.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the ratio of vehicles other than minivans to the total number of vehicles as a decimal, we first need to determine how many vehicles were not minivans. Since 116 vehicles went through Express Car Wash and 74 of those were minivans, we subtract 74 from 116 to find the number of vehicles that were not minivans:

• 116 total vehicles - 74 minivans = 42 non-minivan vehicles

Now, we calculate the ratio of non-minivan vehicles to the total number of vehicles:

• Ratio = 42 non-minivan vehicles / 116 total vehicles

This gives us:

• Ratio = 0.3620689655

Finally, we round the ratio to the nearest hundredth:

• Rounded ratio = 0.36

Therefore, the correct answer is A) 0.36.