Erin recycles milk bottles, soda cans, and newspapers. If the following items are in the trash bin, what percent of the items can be recycled?

4 milk bottles, 1 banana peel, 6 newspapers, 4 soda cans, 5 apple cores

70%
100%
50%
14%

Question

Erin recycles milk bottles, soda cans, and newspapers. If the following items are in the trash bin, what percent of the items can be recycled?

4 milk bottles, 1 banana peel, 6 newspapers, 4 soda cans, 5 apple cores

70%
100%
50%
14%

anonymous · Answer

@GracieBugg Hey can you help me out here? haha c:

anonymous · Answer

is it 50?

graciebugg · Answer

Give me a few seconds

graciebugg · Answer

Ok so I don't know it but Im tagging some smart people for you
@SyedMohammed98 @undeadknight26 @bibby

bibby · Answer

the probability is items that can be recycled / total items

how many items can be recycled?

graciebugg · Answer

Can I just give the answer?

bibby · Answer

I don't really care, other people do

graciebugg · Answer

Its 70% Because  adding all of the items up equals 20 and 6 of them can't be recycled.6 is what percent of 20?Its 30%.So 100%-30%=70% so Its 70 hope that helped

bibby · Answer

4 milk bottles, 1 banana peel, 6 newspapers, 4 soda cans, 5 apple cores
$\dfrac{milk bottles, soda cans, and newspapers}{4+1+6+4+5}=\dfrac{14}{20}$