document.write( "Question 72829This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
\n" ); document.write( ": What precent of 120 is 15? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let the words \"what percent\" be our unknown x. Remember \"of\" means multiply and \"is\" represents =. So this expression looks like
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2A120=15\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=15%2F120\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=1%2F8\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=0.125\"$ Multiply this answer by 100 to get the percentage
\n" ); document.write( " $\"0.125%2A100=12.5\"$ So 12.5% of 120 is 15 \n" ); document.write( "

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