Question

3. Before tax, Louise spent a total of $38 on the items below at Starbucks

* 3 tall chocolate mochas for $3.70 each
* 2 grande caramel macchiatos for $4.45 each
* 4 venti Vanilla Bean Frappuccinos for $4.50 each
What percent of the $38 did Louise spent on Vanilla Bean Frappuccinos?
What is the answer

Answer 1

You can write the answer in many ways, it depends what you have to round it to .
Everything is in the attachment below .
It can be written as :
47%
47.37%
47.4%
or in its original form
47.367%
Hope this helps !

Answer 2

47.4%

Explanation:

The total amount Louise spent on Frappuccinos was 4×$4.50 = $18. The fraction that is of the total is ...

Fraps/Total = $18/$38 = 9/19

That can be converted to a percentage by multiplying by 100%:

9/19 = (9/19)×100% ≈ 47.4%

Louise spent 47.4% of the $38 on Frappuccinos.

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Additional comment

The decimal equivalent of 9/19 is a repeating decimal with an 18-digit repeat.