Why are percents used to compare ratios when the wholes are different

Emma will roll two number cubes labeled 1 through 6. she will record the sum of the two numbers after each roll. she will roll the two cubes 540 times. how many times should emma expect the sum to equal 5?

The number of potato chips in a bag is normally distributed with a mean of 71 and a standard deviation of 2. approximately what percent of bags contain between 69 and 73 potato chips? approximately 68% approximately 71% approximately 95% approximately 99.7%

Car a and car b were in a race .the driver of car b claimed that his car was twice as fast as car a