Question

A bag of gumdrops contains 17 orange gumdrops, 10 yellow gumdrops, and 18 black gumdrops.

What is the percent of yellow gumdrops?
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

Answer 1

Total number of gum drops = 10 + 17 +18

= 45

Step-by-step explanation:

`(10)/(45) * 100 \\ = 22.222222\ \ \% \\ 22\% \: gum \: drops \: \\ to \: 2 \: sf`