west palm beach, florida, gets rain about 16 percent of the time. on how many days out of 400 can residents of west palm beach predict they will get rain?
Remember that 16%=16/100=0.16
If it rains 16% of the time, out of 400 days...
400*0.16=64days
you can predict they'll get 64days of rain
Answer=64days
Do a proportion. 16/100=x/400. 100x=6400. 6400/100= 64.
The answer is 64 days