Vincenzo went apple picking. Of the 34 apples he picked, 4 turned out to be bad. How can Vincenzo calculate the percentage of apples that were bad?

Answer 1

To calculate the percentage of bad apples Vincenzo picked, he can follow these steps:

1. Determine the number of bad apples, which is given as 4.
2. Determine the total number of apples picked, which is 34.
3. Use the formula for percentage:

\[ \text{Percentage of bad apples} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of bad apples}}{\text{Total number of apples}} \right) \times 100 \]

4. Plug in the values:

\[ \text{Percentage of bad apples} = \left( \frac{4}{34} \right) \times 100 \]

5. Calculate the fraction:

\[ \frac{4}{34} \approx 0.1176 \]

6. Multiply by 100 to convert to a percentage:

\[ 0.1176 \times 100 \approx 11.76 \]

Therefore, the percentage of bad apples is approximately 11.76%.