SOLUTION: Use a proportion to answer the question in terms of y. What percent of 6y is 24? Please provide rules for answering questions of this type. My daughter left her book at schoo

Question 124295: Use a proportion to answer the question in terms of y.
What percent of 6y is 24?
Please provide rules for answering questions of this type. My daughter left her book at school, so I can not look at it to determine the way to work it.
Thank You
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What percent of 6y is 24
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EQUATION:
(x/100)6y = 24
Proportion:
x/100 = 24/6y
x/100 = 4/y
x = 400/y
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(400/y)% of (6y) = 24
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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