Question

The graph shows how many cans of each type of cat food were sold one day.
(I will post the graph in a bit!)
About what percent of all the cans sold contained tuna-flavored food?
a. 15%

b. 30%

c. 65%

d. 80%
my answer is: D. 80%
am i right??? or no???

Answer 1

@Callisto what do you think??? am i correct?

Answer 2

@apoorvk hi again! what do you think??

Answer 3

thanks for coming @jim_thompson5910 is my answer right???

Answer 4

Not correct?!
% = tuna/all x 100%

Answer 5

A wee bit of a mistake this time :)


*0 - that is the total no. of tuna cans sold isn't it?
For the percentage, you need to find out the total no. of cans sold, and find out what percentage of that is the no. of tuna cans sold..

Helps?

Answer 6

yes, this is definitely a trick question in which you have to be careful of

Answer 7

awww :( soo is it 30% then??? cuz i got 0.33333, so is that correct now? or no? can you please explain to me??

Answer 8

sorry i mean "80" not "*0" - typo lol.

Answer 9

Simply add up all the numbers. Then divide 80 by that total.

Answer 10

I got similar answer...
Basically, you don't have the exact number... so, it's not easy to get the exact answer for the question

Answer 11

Finally, move the decimal place 2 spots to the right to convert the answer to a percentage

Answer 12

soo i got about 32.5%.... so is the answer 30%????

Answer 13

yeah. looks like they sold 35 of liver, 64 of turkey, 81 of tuna, and so on... can you guess how many of salmon and chicken from the graph?

Answer 14

that sounds right, that's about what I'm getting as well

Answer 15

salmon=45 and chicken=29

Answer 16

so the answer is 30% for sure?? based on all the work above????

Answer 17

so the answer is b. 30% ???

Answer 18

I just roughly take the data as: 35, 65, 45, 80, 30.
so, it's about 80/ (35+ 65+ 45+ 80+ 30) x 100% ~ 30%

Answer 19

Yup! so add 'em up - you get about 254 - total no. of cans sold. out of that 80 is like 32% to me - so yeah you are right! :)

Answer 20

oh okay, thank you! @callisto i gave you a medal but i can only give one... can you please give @apoorvk and @jim_thompson5910 a medal as well for me??? MUch appreciated! thanks for the help!! :)

Answer 21

It's okay @iheartfood , i don't need one :)) - your gesture means a lot in itself :)

Answer 22

oh thanks!! this sucks. they should definitely allow the person asking the question to give out more than 1 medal... boo haha lol thanks for the help! :)