document.write( "Question 17911: what percent of 16 is 5?
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There are two ways to solve this. Let's do the easy way first and use it as a check for the second.
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\n" ); document.write( "Next using a proportion:
\n" ); document.write( "x/100 = 5/16
\n" ); document.write( "Cross multiply:
\n" ); document.write( "16x = 5(100)
\n" ); document.write( "16x=500
\n" ); document.write( "500/16
\n" ); document.write( "31.25
\n" ); document.write( "31.25%
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