Question

Type of Cookie Adults Children Total
Chocolate chip 5 10
Peanut butter 8 6
Oatmeal 7 4
Use the table to answer the question.
What percentage of the adults chose peanut butter?
A. 60%
B. 40%
C. 35%
D. 25%

Answer 1

To answer the question, we need to look at the row that represents peanut butter and find the number in the adults column.

We see that 8 adults chose peanut butter cookies.

To find the percentage, we divide 8 by the total number of adults (which we don't know).

We can set up an equation:

8 = x% of total number of adults

To solve for x, we can use algebra:

8 = x/100 * total number of adults

8/total number of adults = x/100

We can cross-multiply:

x = 8/total number of adults * 100

x = (800/total number of adults)

So the percentage of the adults who chose peanut butter cookies is 800/total number of adults.

We don't have enough information to find the exact percentage, but we can say for sure that the answer is not any of the options given (60%, 40%, 35%, 25%).