Question

At a local amusement park, 70% of the rides are made for kids who are 48 inches and taller. If there are 80 rides in total, how many are made for kids who are 48 inches and taller?

Answer 1

56

Explanation:

Basically you want to find out what is 70% of 80.

first you have to set up your problem

`(n)/(80)` =
`(70)/(100)`

the first fraction would be the percent (70) over 100. (you always use 100)

The fraction to the left would be n over 80. the denominator (the number on the bottom) would be the whole amount. n would be the unknown number

To solve you would use the butterfly method. 80 x 70 and 100 x n. 80 x 70 is 5600 and 100 x n is 100n.

The final step is dividing. 5600 divided by 100 giving you 56