Question

A bakery sells mocha cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes. One day it sold 238 mocha and 42 chocolate. What percent of the cupcakes sold that day were mocha?

Answer 1

To find the percentage of mocha cupcakes sold, we first need to calculate the total number of cupcakes sold.

We can do this by adding the number of mocha cupcakes to the number of chocolate cupcakes:

\[
\text{Total cupcakes sold} = \text{Mocha cupcakes} + \text{Chocolate cupcakes}
\]
\[
\text{Total cupcakes sold} = 238 + 42 = 280
\]

Next, we can calculate the percentage of mocha cupcakes sold by using the formula:

\[
\text{Percentage of mocha cupcakes} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of mocha cupcakes}}{\text{Total cupcakes sold}} \right) \times 100
\]
\[
\text{Percentage of mocha cupcakes} = \left( \frac{238}{280} \right) \times 100
\]

Now we can do the calculation:

\[
\frac{238}{280} \approx 0.85
\]
\[
0.85 \times 100 = 85
\]

Thus, the percentage of cupcakes sold that day that were mocha is:

\[
\boxed{85\%}
\]