SOLUTION: Translate to a proportion and solve.(round to the nearest hundreth if need) (1) what number is 15% of 135 (2) 3 is what percent of 87? (3) 19.6 is 28% p

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Question 34703: Translate to a proportion and solve.(round to the nearest hundreth if need)


(1) what number is 15% of 135


(2) 3 is what percent of 87?

(3) 19.6 is 28% percent of what number?

Answer by Cintchr(481)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is a good formula for ALL percentage problems like these:

Using this ... let's solve:

(1) what number is 15% of 135

Cross multiply ...

divide by 100

Reduce and Multiply and divide





(2) 3 is what percent of 87?






(3) 19.6 is 28% percent of what number?






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