Question

Norma had both chocolate cake and coconut cake at her birthday party. There were 32 people at the party, and 50% of them picked chocolate cake. How many people picked chocolate cake?

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

Answer 2

There were 40 people total at the party and we assume each had cake of one type.

So, the % of those who had chocolate is:

32/40 = .8 = 80%

Explanation: