BTo solve problems that involve percent, use the percent equation.
Aabout 37 %
Babout 31 %
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We want to find about what percent of viewers watch comedy, jokes, and bloopers. Let's use the percent equation.
part = percent * whole
According to the given diagram, 52.54 million out of about 142 million people watch comedy, jokes, and bloopers. Let n represent the desired percent.
52.54million = n * 142million
Now we will solve the equation for n using the Division Property of Equality.
We got that n= 0.37 is the solution to the equation. To write a decimal as a percent, we need to move the decimal point two places to the right and write the percent symbol.
0.37 = 37 %
Therefore, about 37 % of viewers watch comedy, jokes, and bloopers.
We are asked to find about what percent of viewers watch news stories. Let's use the percent equation again.
part = percent * whole
According to the given diagram, 44.02 million out of about 142 million people watch news stories. Let n represent the desired percent.
44.02million = n * 142million
Now we will solve the equation for n using the Division Property of Equality.
We got that n= 0.31 is the solution to the equation. To write the decimal as a percent, we need to move the decimal point two places to the right and write the percent symbol.
0.31 = 31 %
Therefore, about 31 % of viewers watch news stories.
