At an aquarium, 6 out of 18 deliveries are plants. The aquarium is making 15 deliveries next week and wants to use a proportion

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3 years ago

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to determine how many of those will be plants.

1 answer:

stealth61 [152] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-09T08:08:34+03:00

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Answer:

I think 5 of the 15 deliveries are plants.

Step-by-step explanation:

I divided 6 by 18 to get 3.4 (I rounded up), which translates to 34%. 34% of 15 is 5.1, I rounded to get 5.

I checked my work by getting 34% of 18, which is 6.12 and would round to 6.