Question

A local dealership provides you with statistics that show the number of each color car they sold last year along with the percentages that those sales represented relative to their inventory for that color car.

For each color, how many cars did the dealership have in its inventory before they started selling them?

Answer 1

red: 20

white: 30

black: 25

silver: 40

other: 12

Explanation:

To find the original number of cars per color in the inventory, divide the sold number of cars by the percent of the inventory.

red: 20 = 10/0.5

white: 30 = 21/0.7

black: 25 = 19/0.76

silver: 40 = 10/0.25

other: 12 = 4/0.33