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Translate to a proportion and solve.What is 72% of 80?72% of 80 is...

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72% of 80 is translated into:


\begin{gathered} (72)/(100)*80=(288)/(5) \\ (288)/(5)=57.6 \end{gathered}

Note that 72% is equivalent to 72/100

Therefore, 72% of 80 is 57.6

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