Question

Suppose that Jan wants to find what percent 80 is of 40. She set up the equation 80=40x and got x=2. She gave her answer as 2%. What is her mistake?

Answer 1

2 would be equal to 200%, not 2%

Explanation:

She did all the steps correct until she got x=2. 1=100%, so 2=200%

But, she accidently put it as 2%.