Suppose there were 2,873 athletes who competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Of those athletes, 163 were from Switzerland. What percentage of these athletes were from Switzerland? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Use a calculator to divide the two numbers given 163/2873 = 0.0567 which is approximate
Move the decimal 2 spots to the right to convert to a percent We go from 0.0567 to 5.67% which rounds to 5.7% when rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent (one decimal place)
