SOLUTION: 15 percent of 500 is equal to 7.5 percent of ______. a.10 b.75 c.100 d.150 e.1000

SOLUTION: 15 percent of 500 is equal to 7.5 percent of ______. a.10 b.75 c.100 d.150 e.1000

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Question 904856: 15 percent of 500 is equal to 7.5 percent of ______.
a.10
b.75
c.100
d.150
e.1000
Answer by harpazo(655) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
0.15(500) = 75
Then we ask:
What times 7.5 = 75?
Let x be what we are searching for.
7.5x = 75
x = 75/7.5
x = 10
The answer is choice a.
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