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How to work out math problem %of 50 shirts is 35 shirts

User DashRantic
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"of' is multiplication.
"is" is equal.
So x% of 50 is 35 could be written as
x%
* 50 = 35

The first step is to divide by 50 on both sides.
x% times 50 divided by 50 is x%.
35 divided by 50 is .7

So x% = .7.

The next step is to get rid of the percent sign to find the value of x (our answer). To do this, we multiply by 100 on both sides.
x% times 100 is x.
.7 times 100 is 70%.

So x = 70%.

The answer:
70% of 50 shirts is 35 shirts.
User Fbl
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50 shirts is equal to 100% of the shirts right? So, to find what percentage 35 shirts is, you can divide 35 by 50 to get the decimal value of the percentage. This gives you 0.7, which is the same as 70%.

35 shirts are 70% of 50 shirts.
User Bikas Lin
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