SOLUTION: Use a porportion or the percent equation to answer the question. What percent of 50 is 45? Any help with this equation would be <b>Greatly</b> appreciated.

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Question 118575: Use a porportion or the percent equation to answer the question.
What percent of 50 is 45?
Any help with this equation would be Greatly appreciated.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Per cent means per one hundred. So, "something" per cent means
"something"/100. The problem says "What" percent. That sounds like
x, the unknown. In other words, x%2F100 is "what" per cent
Reading further, it asks "what per cent of 50" That's the same as
%28x%2F100%29%2A50. And this is suppossed to equal 45.
%28x%2F100%29%2A50+=+45 is the equation. Solve for x
50x+=+45%2A100
x+=+4500+%2F+50
x+=+90
So, 45 is 90% of 50