Question

A garden center ordered 60 shrubs. If they did not recieve 20% of their order, how many shrubs did they not recieve?

If you help, can you also explain how to set up the proportion?

Answer 1

The garden center did not receive 20% of their order, which is 12 shrubs as 20% of 60 shrubs is 12.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is given that a garden center ordered 60 shrubs, but did not receive 20% of their order. To find out how many shrubs they did not receive, we can calculate 20% of 60. The proportion can be set up by first converting the percentage into a decimal, which in this case is 0.20. Then, multiply this decimal by the total number of shrubs:

20% of 60 is 0.20 x 60 = 12 shrubs.
Therefore, the garden center did not receive 12 shrubs.