Question

player yards jerome 23 ben 17 terrell 15 shaun 24 chad 21 during practice, five players on a team ran for a total of 100 yards. true or false: jerome ran for 77% of the yards. false

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate Jerome's percentage

$$\text{Percentage}=\frac{\text{Jerome's yards}}{\text{Total yards}}\times100\%$$
$$=\frac{23}{100}\times100\% = 23\%$$
Since \(23\%
eq77\%\), the statement is false.

Answer:

False