40% of the number <em>100</em> is 40. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do it like this: Change the percentege to a decimal it is: .4 (.40) Which is less than one whole. ( 1.00) So, therefore the answer is 40% of 100 is 40 -Hope this helped :)
There are 5 people who can be guards, 2 will be guards. Since each person has the same chance of becoming a guard, each person has a 2/5 chance of being a guard which makes it unlikely for Diana to become a guard.