Question

A shop has 500 shirts, out of which 15 are defective. What percentage of shirts are defective?




ans :- Total no. of shirts in shop = 500 shirts.
no. of defective shirts = 15 shirts


percentage =

$\frac{15}{500} \times 100$
= 3%




:. So, the percentage of defective shirts are 3%​

Answer 1

Question :-

• A shop has 500 shirts, out of which 15 are defective. What percentage of shirts are defective?

Concept :-

• We will make a fraction in which 15 will be the numerator and 500 will be the denominator, this fraction will be multiplied by 100 to find the percentage of detective shirt.

Given :-

• A shop has 500 shirts

• 15 of them were detective shirt.

To find :-

• The percentage of the detective shirt.

Solution :-

Total no of shirts in the shop = 500

Toral no of detective shirt = 15

★ Percentage of detective shirt :-

= 15/500 × 100

= 15/5

= 3%

Therefore, the percentage of detective shirts is 3%

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