SOLUTION: Use a porportion or the percent equation to answer the question. What percent of 50 is 45? Any help with this equation would be <b>Greatly</b> appreciated.

Question 118575: Use a porportion or the percent equation to answer the question.
What percent of 50 is 45?
Any help with this equation would be Greatly appreciated.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Per cent means per one hundred. So, "something" per cent means
"something"/100. The problem says "What" percent. That sounds like
, the unknown. In other words, is "what" per cent
Reading further, it asks "what per cent of 50" That's the same as
. And this is suppossed to equal 45.
is the equation. Solve for

So, 45 is 90% of 50
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