Question

percentages?

i have:
prophase 78
metaphase 115
anaphase 5
telophase 3
a total of 198
how do i work out what each is in percentage?

Answer 1

like i really suck at maths ..... its probs easy but lol i got no clue

Answer 2

yolo

Answer 3

how did you get a total of 198?

Answer 4

i counted them ?

Answer 5

count all of them, (even count the telophase)

Answer 6

78 + 115 + 5 + 3 = 198

Answer 7

awww cr@p

Answer 8

dang it

Answer 9

one sec

Answer 10

78 + 115 + 5 + 3 = 198 + 3

Answer 11

supposed to be 112

Answer 12

for metaphase

Answer 13

thanks for pointing that out :D

Answer 14

oh, ok

prophase 78
metaphase 112
anaphase 5
telophase 3

total
78 + 112 + 5 + 3 = 198

Answer 15

yep :)

Answer 16

to work out the percentage prophase
\[78/198 = 0.3939... = 39.4\%\]

the percentage metaphase
\[115/198 = \]

Answer 17

ohhhh let me try

Answer 18

umm

Answer 19

58.08

Answer 20

right?

Answer 21

yes ! the percentage metaphase is 58.1% (to 1 decimal place)

Answer 22

and ummm that means that 5/198 = 2.53
and 3/198 = 1.52

Answer 23

(rounded up) do we round up?

Answer 24

yeah if the first digit the gets cut off in rounding is a digit 5-9 then round it up,

Answer 25

yay!

Answer 26

thank you so much @UnkleRhaukus

Answer 27

so taking the time to help and explain and teach

Answer 28

now lets check the results make sense

the sum of the percentages of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
39.4% + 58.1% + 2.5% + 1.5% = 101.5%

with is close to 100%

Answer 29

oh wait , check that metaphase one again, 112/198 =

Answer 30

56.57

Answer 31

yeah about 112/198 = 56.7%

( not 115/198 = 58.1% )

Answer 32

thats right :D

Answer 33

so the sum is

39.4% + 56.7% + 2.5% + 1.5% =

Answer 34

100.1

Answer 35

which is 100% plus the tiny rounding error

Answer 36

I'm trying to fill out this table i was wondering what in the world comes under the "time / minutes' part on far right? do yo have any idea mate?

Answer 37

i was like 0_o what a weird column to ask for ....

Answer 38

hmm, that is a strange column indeed. Did you time how long it took you to take the counts?, (im not really sure)

Answer 39

not at all i was so confused when i saw it, thats okay i will send my lecturer a email

Answer 40

thank you so much for all the help mate most appreciated