Report a chef has a large container of olive oil. in one night, after he used 252525 quarts, 35.9\%35.9%35, point, 9, percent of the oil remained. how many quarts of olive oil remained in the container?
He had a large container of 25 quarts. Then he used 25 quarts and 35.9% of the oil remained. 100% - 35.9% = 64.1% 25 quarts ------------------------- 64.1% x quarts -------------------------- 100% ------------------------------------------------ 25 : x = 64.1 : 100 64.1 x = 2,500 x = 2,500 : 64.1 = 39.00156 ≈ 39 quarts 39 - 25 = 14 quarts Answer: 14 quarts of olive oil remained in the container.
