Question

In the last year,a total of 14,905 earthquakes occurred in a country. Of these,88.8% were minor tremors with magnitude of 4.9 or less on the Richter scale. How many minor earthquakes occurred in the country in the last year?

Answer 1

Answer:

13,236 minor earthquakes occurred

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{Part}{Total}$

"x" part amount of earthquakes

14,905 total amount of earthquakes

88.8 % part percentage of earthquakes

100% total percentage of earthquakes

$\frac{x}{14905}$ = $\frac{88.8}{100}$

x = 14,905 × $\frac{88.8}{100}$

x = 14,905 × 0.888 = 13,235.64 ≈ 13,236 minor earthquakes occurred