{"id":7229,"date":"2017-05-09T20:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/prealgebra\/?post_type=chapter&p=7229"},"modified":"2019-05-24T19:35:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:35:41","slug":"solve-general-applications-of-percent","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/monroecc-prealgebra\/chapter\/solve-general-applications-of-percent\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Solving General Applications of Percent","rendered":"Introduction to Solving General Applications of Percent"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: Solve general applications of percent<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_11699\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"714\"]\"A<\/a> Bingo needs to go on a special diet, and finding his new food will require an understanding of percents.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nKaren noticed her black lab, Bingo, wasn't feeling well. He wouldn't eat his dinner for several nights in a row, and he didn't want to play. So Karen took him to the vet, where she learned that Bingo has a digestive condition\u00a0that requires a special diet. The vet told her that 25% of his diet must be protein. Now Karen needs\u00a0to calculate whether a certain brand of dog food has a suitable protein content. To figure this out, she'll\u00a0need to be able to solve\u00a0basic percent equations. Read on to find out more about working with percents.\r\n\r\nBefore you get started in this module, try a few practice problems and review\u00a0prior\u00a0concepts.\r\n
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Readiness Quiz<\/h3>\r\n1)\r\n\r\n[ohm_question]146180[\/ohm_question]\r\n\r\nIf you missed this problem, review this example.\r\n
\r\n\r\nTranslate and solve: Two-thirds of [latex]f[\/latex] is [latex]18[\/latex].\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"896067\"]Show Solution[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"896067\"]\r\n\r\nSolution:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Translate.<\/td>\r\n\".\"<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Multiply both sides by [latex]\\Large\\frac{3}{2}[\/latex] .<\/td>\r\n[latex]\\color{red}{\\Large\\frac{3}{2}}\\normalsize\\cdot\\Large\\frac{2}{3}\\normalsize f=\\color{red}{\\Large\\frac{3}{2}}\\normalsize\\cdot 18[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Simplify.<\/td>\r\n[latex]f=27[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Check:<\/td>\r\nIs two-thirds of [latex]27[\/latex] equal to [latex]18[\/latex] ?<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Translate.<\/td>\r\n[latex]\\Large\\frac{2}{3}\\normalsize(27)\\stackrel{?}{=}18[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Simplify. It checks.<\/td>\r\n[latex]18=18[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n2)\r\n\r\n[ohm_question]146594[\/ohm_question]\r\n\r\nIf you missed this problem, review the following video.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/55OtS_Dil1Y\r\n\r\n3)\r\n\r\n[ohm_question]146382[\/ohm_question]\r\n\r\nIf you missed this problem, review the video below.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/paV-sXbRkHA\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: Solve general applications of percent<\/h2>\n
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Bingo needs to go on a special diet, and finding his new food will require an understanding of percents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Karen noticed her black lab, Bingo, wasn’t feeling well. He wouldn’t eat his dinner for several nights in a row, and he didn’t want to play. So Karen took him to the vet, where she learned that Bingo has a digestive condition\u00a0that requires a special diet. The vet told her that 25% of his diet must be protein. Now Karen needs\u00a0to calculate whether a certain brand of dog food has a suitable protein content. To figure this out, she’ll\u00a0need to be able to solve\u00a0basic percent equations. Read on to find out more about working with percents.<\/p>\n

Before you get started in this module, try a few practice problems and review\u00a0prior\u00a0concepts.<\/p>\n

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Readiness Quiz<\/h3>\n

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