Question

set up the percent proportion for the following application problem.
Of the lunch and dinner customers 27% prefer a fat free salad dressing. If the total number of customers is 579 find the number of customers who prefer fat free dressing.
Set up the percent proportion.

Answer 1

579 -> 100%
x -> 27%

Answer 2

x = 27*579/100

Answer 3

Use the formula you were given last time

part/whole = percent/100

percent = 27
whole = 579
part = unknown, call it x.

Plug in the numbers and try to find x.

Answer 4

its unknown

Answer 5

right? or am i wrong?

Answer 6

it is as bahrom said...answer is (27/100)*579

Answer 7

Unknown, yes. But you can solve for it.

plug those numbers in:

x/579 = 27/100