SOLUTION: MODEL WITH AN EQUATION AND SOLVE: WHAT PERCENT OF 50 IS 36? HELP ME PLEASE PLEASE

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Question 53561: MODEL WITH AN EQUATION AND SOLVE:
WHAT PERCENT OF 50 IS 36?
HELP ME PLEASE PLEASE

Answer by rchill(405) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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!