SOLUTION: If 45 percent of W equals 15 percent of T, what percent of T is W? A) 12% B) 33 1/3% C) 60% D) 120% E) 133 1/3% Thank you!

Question 467381: If 45 percent of W equals 15 percent of T, what percent of T is W?
A) 12%
B) 33 1/3%
C) 60%
D) 120%
E) 133 1/3%
Thank you!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"If 45 percent of W equals 15 percent of T", then this means that

Now solve for W to get:

Note: the 3s repeat forever

So W is % of T

Note: 0.333333 converts to 33.3333% which is %

So the answer is choice B)
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