SOLUTION: There is a graph that describes how many cars are in a freight train. There are 11 Gondola cars, 24 Boxcars, 33 Tank cars, 4 Engine cars, 8 Hopper cars, and 16 Flatcars. About wha

Question 431233: There is a graph that describes how many cars are in a freight train. There are 11 Gondola cars, 24 Boxcars, 33 Tank cars, 4 Engine cars, 8 Hopper cars, and 16 Flatcars. About what percent of the total number of cars are gondola or tank cars?
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There is a graph that describes how many cars are in a freight train. There are 11 Gondola cars, 24 Boxcars, 33 Tank cars, 4 Engine cars, 8 Hopper cars, and 16 Flatcars. About what percent of the total number of cars are gondola or tank cars?
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# of gondola and tank cars = 11+33 = 44
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total # of cars: 11+24+33+4+8+16 = 96
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Percent of gondola or tank = 44/96 = 45.8%
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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