QuestionWhat percent of a 40-day period was a student tardy if they were marked tardy 5 times? Calculate: .
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
Assumptions1. The total period is40 days.
. The student was tardy5 times during this period.
3. We are asked to find the percentage of time the student was tardy.
STEP 2
First, we need to find the ratio of the number of times the student was tardy to the total number of days. This can be done by dividing the number of tardy days by the total number of days.
STEP 3
Now, plug in the given values for the number of tardy days and the total number of days to calculate the ratio.
STEP 4
Calculate the ratio.
STEP 5
Now that we have the ratio, we can convert this to a percentage by multiplying by100.
STEP 6
Plug in the value for the ratio to calculate the percentage.
STEP 7
Calculate the percentage.
The student was tardy12.5% of the time.
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