A survey of automobiles parked in student and staff lots at a large university classified the brands by region of origin,as seen in the table. $6357\begin{array}{|l|cc|}&\text { Driver }\\\hline \text {origin }& \text { Student } & \text { Staff } \\\hline \text { North American } & 107 & 91 \\\text { European } & 30 & 21 \\\text { Asian } & 63 & 57 \\\hline\end{array}$ What percent of the staff owned North American cars?

A) 24.7%
B) 116.7%
C) 53.8%
D) 53.5%
E) 46%

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A survey of automobiles parked in student and staff lots at a large university classified the brands by region of origin,as seen in the table.

6357\begin{array}{|l|cc|}&\text { Driver }\\\hline \text {origin }& \text { Student } & \text { Staff } \\\hline \text { North American } & 107 & 91 \\\text { European } & 30 & 21 \\\text { Asian } & 63 & 57 \\\hline\end{array}

What percent of the staff owned North American cars?

A) 24.7%
B) 116.7%
C) 53.8%
D) 53.5%
E) 46%

Gracious Israel · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  To find the percent of staff who owned North American cars, divide the number of staff with North American cars by the total number of staff cars and multiply by 100. Total staff cars = 91 (North American) + 21 (European) + 57 (Asian) = 169. Percent = (91 / 169) * 100 ≈ 53.8%.

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