SOLUTION: I'm not a maths person and am really struggling with percentages, please help! i have a total of 35 people and need to convert results of a survey into percentages. i.e. 32 out

Question 980729: I'm not a maths person and am really struggling with percentages, please help!
i have a total of 35 people and need to convert results of a survey into percentages.
i.e. 32 out of 35 is what percent?
2 out of 35 is what percent?
1 out of 35 is what percent?
the percentage for one person?, would i just times that by how many people i have? i.e. 35 people is 100%?
sorry if you do not understand, I'm having difficulty trying to explain myself!
Many thanks
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i have a total of 35 people and need to convert results of a survey into percentages.
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32 out of 35 is what percent? (32/35)x100%=91.43%
2 out of 35 is what percent? (2/35)x100%=5.71%
1 out of 35 is what percent? (1/35)x100%=2.86%
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The actual process is setting up a proportion. For 32 out of 35:
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x=percentage
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Multiply each side by 100%.
x=(32/35)(100%) Which is the same as above.
Summary: To find the percent, we divide the part
by the whole and multiply by 100%

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