Question

John put away 36 of 48 shirts in his closet. Don has 84 shirts. If he put away the same percent, how many shirts did Don put in his closet?

Answer 1

63

Explanation:

John's percentage:

36 and 48 have a common factor of 12 so divide both of them by 12.

36/12= 3 and 48/12=4 therefore

so 36/48= 3/4 which is 75% but we don't need to focus on the percent.

Don's no. of shirts:

we know Don has 84 shirts so we say

3/4 of 84= no. of shirts that Don put in his closet

84/4=21 21x3=63

Don put 63 shirts in his closet.

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