Question

Two U.S. states are not part of the continental United States. What percent of the fifty U.S. states are included in the continental United States?
A. 2%
B. 48%
C. 96%
D. 13%

Answer 1

C- 96%

Answer 2

how did you get that answer?

Answer 3

well, \[\frac{50}{50} - \frac{ 2 }{ 50 } = ?\]

Answer 4

\[\frac{ 48 }{ 50 } = \frac{ x }{ 100 }\]

Answer 5

96%

Answer 6

@Surana you cant give answers

Answer 7

you need to explain

Answer 8

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that.

Answer 9

no problem :)

Answer 10

Okay, the reasoning behind why I chose 96% is because 50 states could be constituted as 100%, 1 state constitutes 2 percent, and 25 states constitute 50%. 2 states therefore constitute 4%, and subtracting 4 from 100 leaves us with 96, hence the choice for 96%, which is C.

Answer 11

Better :)

Answer 12

Glad to know! As this is my second day here I had no idea what to do and what not to do, but oh well. Glad to have gotten some help.

Answer 13

Need anything, just tell me!

Answer 14

Thanks! I do have a couple of problems regarding math to ask, so I'll head over and work with those.

Answer 15

So if two states are not included in the continental United States, and they want to know the percentage of states that are included in the continental United States, then:

\(\sf\Large\frac{Number~of~States~in~Continental~United~States}{Total~States~in~United~States}\)

And I'm pretty sure you can figure it out from there. :)