Question

Hey sandwich shop has 80 stores and 60% of the stores are in California the rest of the stores are in Nevada how many stores are in California and how many are in Nevada

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{|c|ll} \cline{1-1} \textit{a\% of b}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ \left( \cfrac{a}{100} \right)\cdot b \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}~\hspace{5em}\stackrel{\textit{60\% of 80}}{\left( \cfrac{60}{100} \right)80}\implies 48~\hfill \begin{array}{cllll} \stackrel{california}{\underset{60\%}{48}}\\\\ \stackrel{nevada}{\underset{the~rest}{32}} \end{array}$