document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182697>Question 182697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Hi I.m Betty I was just online with I submitted a problem and was writing back to you my e-mail is bmurray0208@live.com sorry my power just clicked off for a second and I lost you. Hope I can continue where I left off.  Here is the problem again.What percent of 12 letters is 4 letters? During his basketball season Jeff made 520 baskets out of 1280 attempts, What was his shooting percentage? Round to the nearest whole percent. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #137170 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=137170\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"What percent of 12 letters is 4 letters? \"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To calculate the percentage, we can use the proportion:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, the \"part\" is 4 and the \"whole\" is 12. Now let the \"percent\" be \"x\" to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F12=x%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F12=x%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284%2F12%29%28100%29=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284%2F12%29%28100%29=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 100 to isolate \"x\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=400%2F12=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"400%2F12=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by 100 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=400%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"400%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=33.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=33.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide and rearrange the equation (note: the 3's after the decimal continue on forever)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the percentage is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 33.\bar{3}%\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: the bar over the \"3\" means that the 3 repeats forever after the decimal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's use the same technique to solve the next problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"During his basketball season Jeff made 520 baskets out of 1280 attempts, What was his shooting percentage? Round to the nearest whole percent.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, the \"part\" is 520 and the \"whole\" is 1280. Once again, we'll let the \"percent\" be \"x\". So we now have the proportion:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=520%2F1280=x%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"520%2F1280=x%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28520%2F1280%29%28100%29=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28520%2F1280%29%28100%29=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 100 to isolate \"x\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52000%2F1280=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52000%2F1280=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=520%2F1280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"520%2F1280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > by 100 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52000%2F1280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52000%2F1280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=40.625 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=40.625\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide and rearrange the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the percentage is 40.625%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's round to the nearest whole percent to get 41% \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So his shooting percentage to the nearest whole percent is 41% </SPAN>\n" );
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