Decide whether the following situation is looking for the percent, the part, or the whole:The 14 compact cars sold by a dealer on Monday was 56% of the cars sold that day.

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Dhia Shalabi · Answer 1 · 2021-10-12T13:30:58+0000

Answer:

whole

Explanation:

No question is posed.

If we assume we're interested in the number of cars sold on Monday, we have ...

part = percent × whole

14 = 56% × whole

It would seem that we're looking for the whole.

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14/.56 = 25 cars were sold on Monday.