Question

Gene stated that finding 25% of a number is the same as dividing the number by 1/4. is gene correct

Answer 1

Gene is incorrect.

Explanation:

Let x represent the number.

We have been given that Gene stated that finding 25% of a number is the same as dividing the number by 1/4. We are asked to determine whether Gene is correct or not.

We know that percent means a quantity out of 100. We can represent 25% of x as:

`25\%\text{ of }x=(25)/(100)*x`

We can further simply it as:

`25\%\text{ of }x=(25)/(100)*x=(1)/(4)x`

We can see that finding 25% of a number is equal to finding one-fourth of a number.

When we divide a number by 1/4, we will get:

`(x)/((1)/(4))=(4x)/(1)=4x`

Dividing a number by 1/4 will be 4 times the number, therefore, Gene is not correct.