Question

A shoe store donated a percent of every sale to hospitals. The total sales were $9,950 so the store donated $796. What percent of 9,950 was donated to hospitals?

Answer 1

8%

Explanation:

when solving with percentages, you can “cross multiply”,

we know the fraction would be set up this way:

`(769)/(9950)*(x)/(100)`

*there would be an 100 bc a percentage is out of 100*

Now, you have to multiply 769 by 100

`769*100=\\ 76900`

Then divide by 9950 to get “x”

`79600/9950=\\ 8`

hope this helps!