SOLUTION: we would like to know what percentage 1130.00 is of 3000.00

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Question 449111: we would like to know what percentage 1130.00 is of 3000.00
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
(Hint: "is" usually means "=" and "of" usually means multiply in math. Knowing this we can write an equation) Let x be the percentage:
1130.00=3000x
Divide both sides by 3000 to get:
x=1130.00/3000 rewritten as:
x=37 2/3 %
Make sense?
RJ
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