The percentage of the students who are shorter than 71 inches in these groups is 75%.
What are Percentages?
A percentage is a way to describe a part of a whole. such as the fraction ¼ can be described as 0.25 which is equal to 25%.
To convert a fraction to a percentage, convert the fraction to decimal form and then multiply by 100 with the '%' symbol.
The number of students that are shorter than 71 inches is 6, while the total number of students is 8. Therefore, the percentage of these students who are shorter than 71 inches is,
Percentage = 6 /8 × 100%
= 0.75 × 100%
= 75%
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