Question

45 is what percent of 72?

Answer 1

62.50%

Explanation:

Here we are required to find that what 45 is percentage of 72.

Let us supposed that x% of 72 gives us 45.

Hence

x% of 72 = 45

`(x)/(100)` * 72 =45

`(72x)/(100)` =45

Multiplying boht sides by 100 we get

72x = 45*100

72x = 4500

dividing both sides by 72

`(72x)/(72)=(4500)/(72)`

x=62.50

Hence we get

62.50 % of 72 is 45

or

45 is 62.50% of 72