In a survey of 2000 people, 1320 said they had a microwave. what percent of the people surveyed have a microwave?

Lets first set up a proportion:



We could simplify the proportion to make the process easier:



Now we must multiply, 33×100 and 50×p:



Divide both sides by 50:



Times it by 100

about 66% of the people own microwaves

The answer that i got was 8/3