Question

A factory made 5,000 packs of gum. 85% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How

many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

Answer 1

`\boxed{\sf\: The\: factory \: mad e \: \boxed{ \Huge{\bf 4250} }\: packs \: of \: mint \: gum.}`

Explanation:

Given :

Number of Packs of gum – 5000

Percent of packs that contain mint flavoured gum – 85%

To find :

Packs of mint gum that factory make

Solution :

We know that 85% means 85/100

`\rm \: Now \: Multiply \: 85/100 \: by \: 5000 \: which \: is \: the \: no. \: of \: the \: packs \: of \: gum :-`

Hint :- The Simplified form would be the answer.

Which is :

`\sf \implies \cfrac{85}{100} * 5000`

`\rm \: Cancel \: all \: zeroes(two) \: of \: 100 \: and \: two \: zero es \: of \: 5000:-`

`\sf \implies \: \cfrac{85}{1 \cancel{00}} * 50 \cancel{00}`

`\sf \implies \cfrac{85}{1} * 50`

1 is on the denominator.It has no value.So,Just remove it.

`\sf \implies85 * 50`

`\rm \: Multiply \: 85 \: and \: 50 :-`

`\sf \implies \: 4250`

4250 is the result.

Hence,

`\rm \: The\: factory \: mad e \boxed{ 4250 } \: packs \: of \: mint \: gum.`

`\rule{300pt}{2pt}`

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

4250

Explanation:

5000 packs of gum were produced by the factory.

85% of them contained mint-flavoured gum.

That is,

(85/ 100) × 5000 packs contained mint-flavoured gum.

= 85 × 50

= 4250.

Answer:

Out of 5000 packs, 4250 contained mint-flavored gum.