SOLUTION: A mountain bike park has a total of 48 trails, 37.5% of which are beginner trails. The rest are divided evenly between intermediate and expert trails, How many of each kind of trai

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Question 982006: A mountain bike park has a total of 48 trails, 37.5% of which are beginner trails. The rest are divided evenly between intermediate and expert trails, How many of each kind of trail is there?
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(100%-37.5%)/2)=31.25%
There were 31.25 percent of each intermediate and expert trails.
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(0.3125)(48)=15 There were 15 each expert and intermediate trails.
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(0.375)(48)=18 There were 18 beginner trails.
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CHECK:
48 total trails=15 expert + 15 intermediate + 18 beginner trails
48 total trails=48 total trails

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