document.write( "Question 1160305: 40 cars and 24 trucks were in a parking lot. What percent of the vehicles in the parking lot were cars? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let cars be $\"x\"$ and trucks $\"y\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "we know that
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2By=40%2B24\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2By=64\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "we also know that\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x%2F100%2964=40\"$ -> $\"x=4000%2F64\"$ -> $\"x=62.5\"$ %\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28y%2F100%2964=24\"$ -> $\"y=2400%2F64\"$ -> $\"y=37.5\"$ %\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, $\"62.5\"$ % percent of the vehicles in the parking lot were cars \r
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