<PRE><B>Question 1089930</B>
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You must take the ratio of 57 to the total number of bags, and then multiply this ratio by 100 to get percentage:


percentage of the large Bags sold  = {{{(57/(57 + 132))*100}}} = 30.16% (approximately).



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There is a bunch of lessons on percentage problems 

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/percentage/lessons/Percentage-problems.lesson&gt;Percentage problems&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-1-problems-Finding-the-Part%29.lesson&gt;Percentage word problems (Type 1 problems, Finding the Part)&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-2-problems-Finding-the-Rate%29.lesson&gt;Percentage word problems (Type 2 problems, Finding the Rate)&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/Percentage-word-problems-%28Type-3-problems-Finding-the-Base%29.lesson&gt;Percentage word problems (Type 3 problems, Finding the Base)&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems/More-complicated-percentage-problems.lesson&gt;More complicated percentage problems&lt;/A&gt;

in this site.


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