Question

HELP PLEASE

The graph below shows the percentages of ingredients in a salad mix.

A pie chart titled Percentages in salad mix. 40 percent is iceberg, 27 percent is romaine, 15 percent is spinach, 12 percent is arugula, 6 percent is carrots.

Dominic buys a 64-ounce container of salad mix. About how many ounces of romaine lettuce does the container have?
A 6 ounces
B 12 ounces
C 18 ounces
D 27 ounces

Answer 1

Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many ounces of romaine lettuce Dominic's 64-ounce container of salad mix has, we need to calculate the percentage of romaine lettuce in the mix.

According to the pie chart, romaine lettuce makes up 27% of the salad mix.

To find the number of ounces, we can multiply the percentage by the total number of ounces in the container.

27% of 64 ounces is equal to (27/100) * 64 = 17.28 ounces.

Therefore, the container has approximately 17.28 ounces of romaine lettuce.

Since none of the answer choices match this exact amount, the closest option is C) 18 ounces.

Answer 2

C) 18 ounces

Explanation:

From observation of the pie chart (attached), we can see that 27% of the salad mix is romaine lettuce. Therefore, to determine the approximate number of ounces of romaine lettuce in a 64-ounce container of salad mix, we need to calculate 27% of 64.

First, convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing it by 100:

`\sf 27\%=(27)/(100)=0.27`

Multiply the decimal value of the percentage by the number you want to find the percentage of. Therefore, multiply 0.27 by 64:

`\sf 0.27 * 64 = 17.28`

Therefore, the 64-ounce container of salad mix has approximately 17 ounces of romaine lettuce, rounded to the nearest whole number.

The closest option among the given answer choices is C) 18 ounces.