Question:
According to one study, the average payout for slot machines is 79 cents on each dollar. What is the percent return on every dollar spent in playing slots?
Solution:
Percent represents per hundred value of a number. Fraction is converted into a percent by multiplying it by 100%/1.
Given,
Average payout of slot machines = 79 cents = $0.79
Amount of expenditure: $1
Find out the fraction of return on each dollar using the given formula:
[tex]Fraction\text{ return = }\frac{Average\text{ payout}}{\text{Total expenditure}}[/tex]put the above values in the previous equation to obtain the required fraction, as follows:
[tex]\frac{0.75}{1}\text{ = fraction return}[/tex]thus, the percent return on every dollar spent in playing slots is 0.75 x 100% = 75 %
then the correct answer is: 75%