One out of every five people who buy ice cream buys vanilla ice cream. If a store sells 125 ice cream cones in one day, about how many will be vanilla?

Respuesta :

1/5 = x/125

125/5 = 25

25 will be vanilla

Answer: 25 vanilla ice creams

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : One out of every five people who buy ice cream buys vanilla ice cream.

i.e. Fraction of people buy vanilla =[tex]\dfrac{1}{5}[/tex]

If a store sells 125 ice cream cones in one day, then by using multiplication operation the number of vanilla ice cream sold :-

[tex]\text{Fraction of people buy vanilla}\times\text{Total ice-cream sold}\\\\=\dfrac{1}{5}\times125=25[/tex]

Hence, About 25 vanilla ice creams sells in one day.