Question

Mitchell brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for his birthday. 76 students decided to take a cupcake,and 75% of them picked vanilla. How many people picked a vanilla cupcake?

Answer 1

Answer:

228 people picked vanilla cupcake.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Mitchell brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for his birthday.

76 students decided to take a chocolate cupcake,and 75% of them picked vanilla.

Now, to find the people picked a vanilla cupcake.

Let the total number of people be $x.$

People picked vanilla = $75\%\ of\ x.$

People picked chocolate = 76.

According to question:

$x-75\%\ of x=76.$

$x-\frac{75}{100} \times x=76$

$x-0.75x=76$

$0.25x=76$

Dividing both sides by 0.25 we get:

$x=304.$

Thus, total number of people = 304.

Now, to get the people picked vanilla cupcake:

75% of 304.

$=\frac{75}{100} \times 304$

$=0.75\times 304$

$=228.$

Therefore, 228 people picked vanilla cupcake.