Question

this is a scale drawing of an actual shopping plaza. what percent of the shopping plaza is the coffee shop? the area of the entire shopping plaza on the map is 300 square cm. the area of the coffee shop is 30 square cm. what percent of the shopping plaza is the coffee shop? area (square cm) 0 30 300 0% 10% 100% the coffee shop is % of the shopping plaza.

Explanation:

Step1: Recall percentage formula

Percent = $\frac{\text{Part}}{\text{Whole}}\times100\%$

Step2: Identify part and whole

The part is the area of the coffee - shop ($30$ square cm), and the whole is the area of the shopping plaza ($300$ square cm).

Step3: Calculate the percentage

Percent = $\frac{30}{300}\times100\% = 0.1\times100\%=10\%$

Answer:

$10$