Last night, the two dinner specials at Bob's favorite restaurant were salmon filet and filet mignon. The restaurant served 70 specials in all, 80% of which were salmon filets. How many filet mignon did the restaurant serve?

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MrRoyal MrRoyal · Answer 1 · 2022-08-01T18:23:03+02:00

Based on the given parameters, the number of filet mignon the restaurant served is 14

From the question, the given parameters are:

Dinner specials = salmon filet and filet mignon.

Dinner specials = 70 dinner specials

Salmon filets = 80%

This means that the proportion of filet mignon is

filet mignon = 100%- Salmon filets

This gives

filet mignon = 100%- 80%

Evaluate the difference

filet mignon = 20%

The number of filet mignon is calculated as:

filet mignon = 20% * Dinner specials

Substitute the known values in the above equation

filet mignon = 20% * 70

Express 20% as decimal

filet mignon = 0.20 * 70

Evaluate the product

filet mignon = 14

Hence, the number of filet mignon the restaurant served is 14

So, the complete parameters are:

Dinner specials = salmon filet and filet mignon.

Dinner specials = 70 dinner specials

Salmon filets = 80%

filet mignon = 14