Question 53561
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*(x/100)=36}}}.  Now we just have to solve for {{{x}}}.  Simplifying the equation, we get {{{x/2=36}}} and then multiply both sides by 2 to get {{{x=72}}}.  That means that 72% of 50 is 36.  Hope that helps!