In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the

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Nimfa-mama [501]

3 years ago

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In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the

race? What percent did not finish the race?

Mathematics

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snow_lady [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-16T21:48:43+03:00

snow_lady [41]3 years ago

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To get the answer we can use proportion.
30----------100%
12-----------x
Cross multiply now
30x=12*100%
30x=1200% /:30 (divide both sides by 30)
x=40% - it's the percentage of cars which finished the race.
100%-40%=60% - it's the answer