Question

Find each number round to the nearest tenth if necessary. What percent of 60 is 15?

Answer 1

25%

Step-by-step explanation:

let the percent be y

y% × 60 = 15

y/100 × 60 = 15

60y/100 = 15

`\begin{gathered} (60y)/(100)=\text{ 15} \\ \text{cross multiply:} \\ 60y\text{ = 15(100)} \\ 60y\text{ = 1500} \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} (60y)/(60)=(1500)/(60) \\ y\text{ = 25} \end{gathered}`

This means 25 percent of 60 is 15

We can only round 25% to nearest tenth when it is in decimal form

25% = 25/100 = 0.25

To the nearest tenth, it would be 0.3