An Ice cream fruck began its daily route with 78 gallons of ice cream. The truck driver sold 63% of the ice cream. How many gallons of ice cream were sold?

Answer :

When we have a number followed by the "%" it means that this number is divided in 100 parts, so we can represent it with a fraction as shown below:

[tex]63\text{ \%}=\frac{63}{100}[/tex]

In order to determine the percentage of ice cream that was sold, we need to multiply the fraction above by the initial amount they had. This is done below:

[tex]\text{Sold}=\frac{63}{100}\cdot78=\frac{4914}{100}=49.14[/tex]

They sold 49.14 gallons.

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