A survey of automobiles parked in student and staff lots at a large university classified the brands by region of origin,as seen in the table. $6052\begin{array}{|l|cc|}&\text { Driver }\\\hline \text {origin }& \text { Student } & \text { Staff } \\\hline \text { North American } & 90 & 86 \\\text { European } & 31 & 15 \\\text { Asian } & 60 & 52 \\\hline\end{array}$ What percent of the North American cars were owned by staff?

A) 48.9%
B) 51.1%
C) 56.2%
D) 25.7%
E) 128.4%

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A survey of automobiles parked in student and staff lots at a large university classified the brands by region of origin,as seen in the table.

6052\begin{array}{|l|cc|}&\text { Driver }\\\hline \text {origin }& \text { Student } & \text { Staff } \\\hline \text { North American } & 90 & 86 \\\text { European } & 31 & 15 \\\text { Asian } & 60 & 52 \\\hline\end{array}

What percent of the North American cars were owned by staff?

A) 48.9%
B) 51.1%
C) 56.2%
D) 25.7%
E) 128.4%

Crystal Singh · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :   The total number of North American cars is 90 (students) + 86 (staff) = 176. The percent owned by staff is   86 176 × 100 = 48.9 %  \frac{86}{176} 	imes 100 = 48.9\%  176 86 ​ × 100 = 48.9%  .

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