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3 children painted a local park track of 5000m, Alex painted 70m, Dell painted 15m, and Tony painted

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3 children painted a local park track of 5000m, Alex painted 70m, Dell painted 15m, and Tony painted 35m. This pattern continues to the end of the track. What percentage of the park did each child paint?

70 + 15 + 35 = 120

When we take 5000 divided by 120, we get:
41 remainder 80

So we have:
  • Alex: 70 * 41 = 2870
  • Dell: 15 * 41 = 615
  • Tony: 35 * 41 = 1435
Now Alex goes next, and paints the full 70. So he has:
2870 + 70 = 2940

Dell goes next, and paints the last 10
615 + 10 = 625

Now for percentages:
  • Alex: 2940/5000 = 58.8%
  • Dell: 625/5000 = 12.5%
  • Tony: 1435/5000 = 28.7%
 
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