Question

If 7.5% of pizza orders in gotham are for hawaiian pizzas, and you know that there are 100 pizza restaurants in gotham, what can you determine about the number of gotham restaurants that have hawaiian pizzas on their menus?

Answer 1

Answer – 7.5 (OR approximately 8, if 7.5 is not in the options)

WORKINGS

Given, 
There are 100 pizza restaurants in Gotham
7.5 percent of pizza orders in Gotham are for Hawaiian pizzas.

The number of Gotham restaurants that have Hawaiian pizzas on their
menus = 7.5 percent of 100
= 7.5/100 X 100
= 7.5 restaurants

Therefore, 7.5 Gotham restaurants that have Hawaiian pizzas on their menus.

However, since the number of restaurants is integer, we can say that approximately 8 restaurants have Hawaiian pizza on their menus.

Answer 2

Answer: There are approximately 8 restaurants that have hawaiian pizzas on their menus.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of pizzas restaurants in Gotham = 100

Percent of pizza orders in Gotham are for hawaiian pizzas = 7.5

Number of Gotham restaurants that have hawaiian pizzas on their menus is given by

$7.5\%\text{ of} 100\\\\=\frac{7.5}{100}\times 100\\\\=7.5$

So, there are approximately 8 restaurants in Gotham that have hawaiian pizzas on their menus.