Question

Of the 505050 U.S. states, 444 have names that start with the letter \text{W}Wstart text, W, end text.
What percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter \text{W}Wstart text, W, end text?

Answer 1

Topic - Finding percentage

Complete question: Of the 50 US states, 4 have names that start with the letter W. What percentage of US states have names that start with the letter W?

• Given: Of the 50 US states, 4 have names that starts with the letter W.
• To find: What percentage of US states have names that start with the letter W?

Solution:

Since 4 states out of 50 states have names starting with W, then fraction in favour of the names of states starting with W is

= 4/50

Therefore the required percentage of US states have names that start with the letter W is

= fraction in favour * 100 %

= 4/50 * 100 %

= 4 * 2 %

= 8 % .

Answer 2

Answer:

8%

Step-by-step explanation:

Why: There are 50 states in U.S 4 start with the letter W

4/50x100%=

4x2%=

8%

so 8% or 0.08 or 4 or 4/50* is the amount of states in the U.S that start with W.

Hope that helps you. (* / does not mean divide it means out of.)