Question

If 12 out of 30 prisoners are innocent; what is the percentage of prisoners that are innocent?

Answer 1

Answer:

40%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given If 12 out of 30 prisoners are innocent; what is the percentage of prisoners that are innocent?

We need to find the percentage of prisoners of those who are innocent.

 So 12 / 30 x 100 = 40%

Out of 30 prisoners 12 prisoners are innocent.

Therefore 40% of the prisoners are innocent.

Answer 2

Answer: 40 %

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out the percentage  of innocent prisoners. we use,

obtained data/total data  ×  100

According to the question number of prisoners  are = 12

Total number of prisoners are = 30

Their percentage =

= 12 /30 × 100

=0.40 × 100

= 40 %

So the percentage of innocent prisoner is 40 %