Question

A restaurant wants to study how well its salads sell. The circle graph shows the sales over the past few days. If 35 of the salads sold were garden ​salads, how many total salads did the restaurant​ sell?

Answer 1

The restaurants sold 50 salads.

-The given is that they sold 35 garden salads which is 70% of their sales.
-Now, to get how many salads 1% is equal to, you divide 35 by 70
-35/70 = 0.5
-So now, multiply 16 by 0.5 and 14 by 0.5
-16(0.5)=8 and 14(0.5)=7
-Add the three together to get 50
-Now, check to see if it works
70% of 50 is 35
16% of 50 is 8
14% of 50 is 7

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