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Question 132253: What percent of 160 is 56?
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Answer by sofiyacherni(99)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What percent of 160 is 56?
here is the easiest way to set up a percentage type of problem
160 is 100% then 56 is x%, write it down like so
160---100%
56----x%
then cross multiply
solve for x



so 56 is 35% of 160
then you can check your answer by :)

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