Question

I am organized an ocean cleanup and we collected a total of 25 pounds of garbage 16 pounds of the garbage consisted of plastic what percent of the garbage was plastic

Answer 1

Answer: 64% of garbage was plastic over there when he was collected garbage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Total amount of garbage collected by them = 25 pounds

Total amount of garbage which consisted of plastic = 16 pounds

Percent of the garbage was garbage is given by

$\frac{ plastic}{total}\times 100$

$=\frac{16}{25}\times 100\\\\=16\times 4\\\\=64$

Hence, 64% of garbage was plastic over there when he was collected garbage.

Answer 2

Answer:

64%.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that in an ocean cleanup we collected a total of 25 pounds of garbage and 16 pounds of the garbage consisted of plastic. We are asked to find out what percent of the garbage was plastic .

We can set an equation to find out our percentage as:

$\frac{16}{25} *100$

$0.64*100$

$64%$

Therefore, 64% of the garbage was plastic.