Question

the amount of total raw sheet material ro make a door was 3.6sq metres and wastage is 0.18 sq. metres. calculate the percentage of wastage.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The percentage of wastage is 5%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Percentage of a quantity is the part of the part of the entire population of that quantity expressed in hundredths.

The total amount of raw sheet material ordered to make a door was 3.6 sq. meters.

The amount wasted was 0.18 sq. meters.

The percentage of the raw material wasted is:

$Wastage\%=\frac{Amount\ of\ wastage}{Amount\ of\ raw\ material}\times100\\ =\frac{0.18}{3.60}\times 100\\ =5\%$

Thus, the percentage of raw material that was wasted is 5%.