Question

A 4-h club held a canned food drive. On Wednesday they collected 63 cans which was 21% of the total cans collected during the food drive for the table to show a number of cans liked on Thursday and FridayWednesday [21/63Thursday [46/??]Friday [33/??

Answer 1

We have that the number of cans that were collected on friday is 99, while the cans collected on thursday is 138

How to solve for the number of cans

We have to find the total number of cans first

63 ÷ 21%

= 300

Next we have to find the cans that were collected on thursday

Thursday = 300 x 46%

= 138

Friday = 300 x 33%

= 99

Hence we have that the number of cans that were collected on friday is 99, while the cans collected on thursday is 138

Answer 2

Let x be the number of cans that are 100% of the total cans collected.

`\begin{gathered} 63\to21\text{percent} \\ x\to100\text{percent} \\ \Leftrightarrow \\ (63)/(21)=(x)/(100) \\ \Rightarrow x=300 \end{gathered}`

Thus, 300 cans were collected in total.

1) Thursday

Remember that 46%=0.46; then, the 46% of 300 is

`300\cdot0.46=138`

138 cans were collected on Thursday.

2) Friday

33%=0.33, then

`300\cdot0.33=99`

99 cans were collected on Friday.