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What percent of 150 is 60??

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40% Because 100%/x%=150/60, then (100/x)*x=(150/60)*x, so which means, 100=2.5*x, then 100/2.5=x (which means you divide 100 by 2.5), and you would end up getting 40%.
User Yuri Golobokov
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Do a proportion
X/100= 60/150
60 x 100= 6,000
6,000 divided by 150 is 40
So answer is 40%
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