Question

A deli owner sold 90 sandwiches in one day. Of those sandwiches, 36 were pastrami. Write and solve an equation to show what percent of sandwiches sold were pastrami.

p • ___% = 36

A) 30
B) 36
C) 40
D) 45

Answer 1

By setting up the equation p × 90/100 = 36 and solving for p, we find that 40% of the sandwiches sold were pastrami.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find what percent of sandwiches sold were pastrami, we can set up the equation p \times \frac{90}{100} = 36 where p represents the percent of pastrami sandwiches. To solve for p, we first divide both sides of the equation by 90 and then multiply by 100 to get the percentage. The steps would look like this:

• Divide both sides by 90: p = \frac{36}{90}
• Multiply by 100 to find the percent: p = \left(\frac{36}{90}\right) \times 100 = 40\%

The correct answer is that 40% of the sandwiches sold were pastrami, which corresponds to option C.