Question

The U.S. government collects information on Americans who do not have health insurance. Here is the data, sorted by geographic region:
Region Uninsured Insured Row Totals
Northeast 6,782 47,043 53,825
Midwest 7,757 57,135 64,892
South 19,090 85,800 104,890
West 11,676 55,427 67,103
Column Totals 45,305 245,405 290,710
The percentage of people from the West that are insured is:

Answer 1

Do 55,427 divided by 67,103 which is 0.825998838 then multiply that by 100 to get 82.5998838 then round up to the nearest tenth to get 83 percent