a car park charges 1.50 to each car entering. the car park only accepts £1 coins and 50p coins. here are the coins collected on a particular day. number of £1 coins: 172 number of 50p coins:256 making the assumption that all drivers paid the exact amount due on that day, work out the percentage of drivers that paid with three 50p coins

tinydesb tinydesb    2   14.02.2022 05:00    5

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natalie3734 natalie3734  14.02.2022 05:00

Subtract the amount of £1 coins from 50p coins:


256-172 = 84

84/3 coins = 28 people paid with 3 coins.


172 people paid using £1 coins

172 + 28 = 200 total people


percent who used 3 coins = 28/200 = 0.13 x 100 = 14%

14%

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