SOLUTION: Solve 50q-43=52q-81. What percent of 74 is 481?

Question 104716: Solve 50q-43=52q-81.
What percent of 74 is 481?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Solve 50q-43=52q-81."

Start with the given equation

Add 43 to both sides

Subtract 52q from both sides

Combine like terms on the left side

Combine like terms on the right side

Divide both sides by -2 to isolate q

Divide

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Answer:
So our answer is

"What percent of 74 is 481?"

Let x=unknown percent

Remember "of" means multiply and "is" means equals. So "What percent of 74 is 481" translates to

or

Now divide both sides by 74 to solve for x

Divide

Now multiply 6.5 by 100 to convert it to a percentage

So 6,500% of 74 is 481
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