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A parking lot has a number of automobiles, each of which is a car or a
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19 Dec 2022, 09:40
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A parking lot has a number of automobiles, each of which is a car or a truck. If there are 3 times as many cars as trucks and 20 % of the cars are foreign, what percentage of the automobiles are foreign cars?
A. 7.5%
B. 12%
C. 13 1/3%
D. 15%
E. 20%
A. 7.5%
B. 12%
C. 13 1/3%
D. 15%
E. 20%
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Re: A parking lot has a number of automobiles, each of which is a car or a
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20 Dec 2022, 21:14
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Carcass wrote:
A parking lot has a number of automobiles, each of which is a car or a truck. If there are 3 times as many cars as trucks and 20 % of the cars are foreign, what percentage of the automobiles are foreign cars?
A. 7.5%
B. 12%
C. 13 1/3%
D. 15%
E. 20%
A. 7.5%
B. 12%
C. 13 1/3%
D. 15%
E. 20%
Truck: 25%
Cars: 75%
20% of cars are foreign = 75%*0.20= 15%
Answer: D
Re: A parking lot has a number of automobiles, each of which is a car or a
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23 Jan 2024, 21:30
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Cars = 3 * Trucks
Total Number of Automobiles = Cars + Trucks = 3*Trucks + Trucks = 4*Trucks
Foreign Cars = 0.2 Cars
Fraction of Automobiles that are Foreign = 0.2 Cars/4*Trucks = 0.2*3 Trucks/4 Trucks = 0.6*Trucks/4*Trucks = 6/40
Percentage of Automobiles that are Foreign = (6/40)*100 = 60/4 = 15%
The answer is D
Total Number of Automobiles = Cars + Trucks = 3*Trucks + Trucks = 4*Trucks
Foreign Cars = 0.2 Cars
Fraction of Automobiles that are Foreign = 0.2 Cars/4*Trucks = 0.2*3 Trucks/4 Trucks = 0.6*Trucks/4*Trucks = 6/40
Percentage of Automobiles that are Foreign = (6/40)*100 = 60/4 = 15%
The answer is D
