A store manager orders T-shirts so that 15 out of 35 are medium. How many medium T-shirts would you find when there are 126 T-shirts on a rack? Show your work!
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
A store manager orders T-shirts so that 15 out of 35 are medium. How
Determine how many medium t-shirt are there in a rack if there are 126 t-shirts.
Solution:
In order to find the answer, we must first find the percentage of medium t-shirts. To do so, we simply needed to divide 15 by 35.
= 15/35
= 0.43
Since we are given a decimal answer, in order to convert it into percentage, we multiply the decimal by 100. Hence, in converting a percentage into decimal, we divide the percentage by 100.
= 0.43(100)
= 43%
Now we need to take 43% of 126 t-shirts. This can be done by multiply 0.43 with 126.
= (0.43)(126)
= 54.18
= 54
Final answer:
= 54 medium t-shirts