Question

At a food festival, 3/8 of the dishes were from china. Another 12.5% of the dishes were from japan. What percent of the dishes were from the other countries?

Answer 1

Answer: 50%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x = Total dishes.

Dishes from China = $\dfrac38x$

Dishes from Japan  = $12.5\% \text{ of }x= 0.125x$

Total dishes  from China and Japan = $\dfrac38 x+0.125x=0.375x+0.125x=0.5x$

Dishes from other countries $= x- 0.5x= 0.5x$

Percent of dishes from other countries= $\dfrac{0.5x}{x}\times100\%= 50\%$

Hence, dishes from other countries = 50%