document.write( "Question 443069: What percent of 100 is 20? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #305625 by angelagallegos(8)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! the easiest way to solve this problem, is to set it up as a proportion. \n" ); document.write( "is/of equals %/100. \n" ); document.write( " 1) you want to find out the %, this will be your x. \n" ); document.write( " 2) the of will be 100, and the is will be 20. \n" ); document.write( " 3) set you your proportion equal to each other. \n" ); document.write( " 20 = x \n" ); document.write( " ________ \n" ); document.write( " 100 100 \n" ); document.write( " 4) cross multiply 100x = 2000 \n" ); document.write( " 5) get x by itself, divide both sides by 100 \n" ); document.write( " 6) this will leave x = 2 \n" ); document.write( " 7) your answer will be 2%\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I hope that this helps \n" ); document.write( " |