An art teacher divided her students into two groups of equal size.

25 of the first group prefers acrylic paint over watercolor paint.
60% of the second group prefers acrylic paint over watercolor paint.
What fraction of the students prefers watercolor paint over acrylic paint?

Respuesta :

Answer:

67.5% or 68%

Step-by-step explanation:

Say each group has 100 students. 25% of 100, is 25 students.

25 students of group 1 prefers acrylic. That leaves 75 students that prefer watercolor.

60% of group 2, or 60 students, prefer water color. That leave 40 students that prefer acrylic.

25+40=65

60+75=135

That is true, since there are 200 students in total.

Now set up a ratio, with watercolor over acrylic.

135:65

135 is 67.5% of 200.

I really don't know if that is a choice, so maybe 68%?

-hope it helps