SOLUTION: How do I:
"Write a proportion and solve"
--What percent of 80 is 42?
I came up with 52.5% I wrote this down
The teacher circled "write a proportion," and marked it
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Question 68051: How do I:
"Write a proportion and solve"
--What percent of 80 is 42?
I came up with 52.5% I wrote this down
The teacher circled "write a proportion," and marked it wrong.
I did not show my work.
Sammy
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Earlsdon:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Write a proportion and solve"
--What percent of 80 is 42?
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"Percent" implies "per hundred" ; so you
write x/100 = 42/80
Then you solve for x to get the "percent".
80x=4200
x=52.5
42 is 52.5% of 80
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can write the proportion as follows: x percent can be written as and this would be set equal to
Solve for x. Multiply both sides by 100.
Simplify.
The answer, as you have noted, is: 42 is 52.5% of 80
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