SOLUTION: What percent of 55 is 22?

Question 127981: What percent of 55 is 22?
Answer by mr.barrett(5) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set up a proportion to solve. When asked "what percent", you will always let one side of the proportion be .
To solve this particular problem, write the equation .
By cross-multiplication, we get .
Dividing both sides by 55, we find the answer, x, to be 40.
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