Question

The floor tiles come in red, blue, and black. There are 16 red, 5 blue, and. 4 black. What percent of the tiles are black?

Answer 1

16%

Explanation:

Answer 2

16 % of tiles are black

Solution:

Given that floor tiles come in red, blue, and black

To find: percent of the tiles that are black

From given question,

number of red tiles = 16

number of blue tiles = 5

number of black tiles = 4

Therefore, total number of tiles = number of red tiles + number of blue tiles + number of black tiles

`\rightarrow 16 + 5 + 4 = 25`

Thus total number of tiles = 25

To percent of the tiles that are black, use the following formula:

`\text{ percent black} = \frac{\text{ number of black tiles }}{\text{ total number of tiles }} * 100`

`\rightarrow (4)/(25) * 100\\\\\rightarrow 4 * 4 = 16`

Thus 16 % of tiles are black