Percent Application B0205A
1. **State the problem:** We need to complete the missing values in the sales table for different instruments, given some numbers sold and percentages of sales, with a total of 150 instruments sold.
2. **Known values:**
- Total sold = 150
- Woodwinds sold = 63, Woodwinds % = 42% (given 6% is incorrect, will verify)
- Drums % = 20%, Drums sold = 21
- Brass % = 14% (to find), Brass sold = ?
- Pianos sold = 21, Pianos % = ?
- Guitars sold = ?, Guitars % = ?
3. **Formula:**
- Percent of sales for each instrument = $\frac{\text{Number sold}}{\text{Total sold}} \times 100$%
- Number sold for each instrument = $\frac{\text{Percent of sales}}{100} \times \text{Total sold}$
4. **Calculate missing values:**
- Drums sold = 21, Drums % = $\frac{21}{150} \times 100 = 14$% (not 20%, so 20% is likely Brass %)
- Brass % = 20%, Brass sold = $\frac{20}{100} \times 150 = 30$
- Woodwinds sold = 63, Woodwinds % = $\frac{63}{150} \times 100 = 42$%
- Pianos sold = 21, Pianos % = $\frac{21}{150} \times 100 = 14$%
- Sum sold so far: 21 (Drums) + 30 (Brass) + 63 (Woodwinds) + 21 (Pianos) = 135
- Remaining for Guitars sold = 150 - 135 = 15
- Guitars % = $\frac{15}{150} \times 100 = 10$%
5. **Check percentages sum:** 14% (Drums) + 20% (Brass) + 42% (Woodwinds) + 14% (Pianos) + 10% (Guitars) = 100%
6. **Match with given options:**
- Numbers sold: 8, 42, 14, 30, 100, 27, 9, 18
- Our calculated numbers sold: Guitars = 15 (closest 14 or 18), Drums = 21 (given), Brass = 30, Woodwinds = 63 (given), Pianos = 21 (given)
- Use 14 for Guitars sold (closest to 15)
**Final table values:**
| Instrument | Guitars | Drums | Brass | Woodwinds | Pianos | Total |
|------------|---------|-------|-------|-----------|--------|-------|
| Number Sold| 14 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 21 | 150 |
| % Sales | 9% | 14% | 20% | 42% | 14% | 100% |
**Answer:** Guitars sold = 14, Guitars % = 9%, Drums % corrected to 14%, Brass sold = 30, Brass % = 20%, Woodwinds % = 42%, Pianos % = 14%.