document.write( "Question 53561: MODEL WITH AN EQUATION AND SOLVE:\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #35835 by rchill(405) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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When you have a question that has \"what percent\", that's what you're trying to find. That means you can have a variable, say $\"x\"$ , to represent that percentage. A percentage also is something that is written with 100 as the denominator. So, that mean we're trying to find $\"50%2A%28x%2F100%29=36\"$ . Now we just have to solve for $\"x\"$ . Simplifying the equation, we get $\"x%2F2=36\"$ and then multiply both sides by 2 to get $\"x=72\"$ . That means that 72% of 50 is 36. Hope that helps! \n" ); document.write( "

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