Jesse was in the lead for 75% of the laps during the track race. If the race lasted 12 laps, how many laps did Jesse lead?

Fill in the sentence below by typing in the correct number once you solve.

Question

Jesse was in the lead for 75% of the laps during the track race. If the race lasted 12 laps, how many laps did Jesse lead?

Fill in the sentence below by typing in the correct number once you solve.

Hoodmemes · Answer

Well as u can see it says "75%" u would first wanna turn that into a decimal

$$75\div100=0.75$$

Now all u wanna do is multiply that by 12

$$0.75\times12=9$$

9 being your final answer

Jesse lead 9 laps.