A car dealership has sold 9 cars from the lot. They had 24 cars at the beginning of the month. What percentage of their lot cars have they sold?

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We can use the percent formula to solve. The percent formula is below: ^part⁄_whole = ^%⁄₁₀₀ First, we have to determine the part. In this problem, the part is the number of cars that have been sold. We know that the dealership started off with 24 cars (the whole) and sold 9 (the part). So, the part of the percent formula is 9. The whole of the percent formula (the total number of cars) is 24. Now, we have to determine our percent. Since we we don't know the percent, this is where we are going to put our variable (x). ^part⁄_whole = ^%⁄₁₀₀ ⁹⁄₂₄ = ^x⁄₁₀₀ Cross multiply and solve for x: ⁹⁄₂₄ = ^x⁄₁₀₀ 24 * x = 9 * 100 24x = 900 24x/24 = 900/24 x = 37.5 So, 9 is 37.5% of 24.

A Car Dealership Has Sold 9 Cars from the Lot