document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=68051>Question 68051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Write a proportion and solve\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "--What percent of 80 is 42?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with 52.5%  I wrote this down\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   The teacher circled \"write a proportion,\" and marked it wrong. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I did not show my work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sammy </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "--What percent of 80 is 42? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Percent\" implies \"per hundred\" ; so you <BR>\n" );
document.write( "write x/100 = 42/80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you solve for x to get the \"percent\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80x=4200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=52.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42 is 52.5% of 80<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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