Question

the local water slides have 68 employees, of which 75% are temporary. how many temporary employees are there?

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Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

To find 75% of a number, we first convert 75% to a decimal. 75% is equivalent to $0.75$ (since $75\%=\frac{75}{100} = 0.75$).

Step2: Multiply by total number of employees

We multiply this decimal by the total number of employees, which is 68. So we calculate $68\times0.75$.
$68\times0.75=(70 - 2)\times0.75=70\times0.75-2\times0.75 = 52.5 - 1.5=51$.

Answer:

51