Question

25 9 ​ start fraction, 9, divided by, 25, end fraction of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee. What percent of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee?

Answer 1

Answer: $36\%$

Step-by-step explanation:

The complete exercise is: "$\frac{9}{25}$ of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee. 25 What percent of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee".

In order to solve this exercise, you need to follow the steps shown below:

Step 1: Divide the numerator 9  of the fraction by the denominator 25. Then:

$9\div25=0.36$

Step 2: To calculate the percent of Polly's co-workers that prefer tea over coffee, you must multiply the quotient obtained before (this is $0.36$) by 100.

Therefore, you get the following result:

$Percent=(0.36)(100)\\\\Percent=36\%$

Then, you can conclude that 36% of Polly's co-workers prefer tea over coffee.