Question 68051
"Write a proportion and solve" 
--What percent of 80 is 42? 
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"Percent" implies "per hundred" ; so you 
write x/100 = 42/80
Then you solve for x to get the "percent".
80x=4200
x=52.5
42 is 52.5% of 80
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Cheers,
Stan H.