Your food costs are $2,500. Your total food sales are $17,500. What percent of your food sales do the food costs represent?

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Your food costs are $2,500. Your total food sales are $17,500. What percent of your food sales do the food costs represent?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-03T19:52:28

$(2500 \div 17500) \times 100 % = 14.29 %$ $(2500-:17500)xx100%=14.29%$

Explanation:

Your food costs are a fraction (or percentage) of total food sales. A fraction is represented as a part out of a whole. This phrase corresponds to a simple math formula

$a a a$ $color(white)(aaa)$ Fraction: $part \div whole = \frac{part}{whole}$ $"part"-:"whole"=("part")/("whole")$

A percent is a fraction multiplied by $100 %$ $100%$

$a a a$ $color(white)(aaa)$ Percent: $part \div whole \times 100 %$ $"part"-:"whole"xx100%$

You were given the part, called "food costs": $$ 2, 500$ $$2,500$

You were also given the whole, called "total food sales": $$ 17, 500$ $$17,500$

Plugging the part and whole into the percent equation gives

ANSWER: $(2500 \div 17500) \times 100 % = 14.29 %$ $(2500-:17500)xx100%=14.29%$

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