Question

In January, a dealership sold 164 vehicles. February, the same dealership sold 23.8% fewer vehicles than they sold in January. How many vehicles were sold in February?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Let `f` be the number of cars sold in February.

We can write the equation for the number of cars sold in February as:

`f = 164 - (23.8% of 164)`

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 23.8% can be written as `23.8/100`.

When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".

We can now rewrite the equation and calculate `f` as:

`f = 164 - (23.8/100 xx 164)`

`f = 164 - 3903.2/100`

`f = 164 - 39.032`

`f = 124.968`

The dealership sold 125 cars in February.