Question

What percent of 80 is 60??? Please list how I do this and the equation.

Answer 1

1. Let's say x percentage of 80 is 60. it means that 80 × %x =60
2. %x means that x÷100
3. So 80 × x÷100 = 60
4. 100 × 60 = 80 × (x)
5. x = 100×60 ÷ 80 = 75
6. so x is equal to 75.
   

Answer 2

`\Huge \fbox{x = 75}`

Explanation:

To calculate what percent of 80 is 60, we can set up the proportion where
`$x$` is the percentage we are trying to find:

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  `\Large \boxed{\text{$(x)/(100)$ $*$ 80 = 60}}`

We can solve for
`x` by first simplifying the left side of the equation:

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  `$(x)/(100) * 80 = (80x)/(100) = 0.8x$`

Then, we can isolate
`$x$` by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.8:

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  `$(0.8x)/(0.8) = (60)/(0.8)$`

Simplifying the right side:

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  `$(60)/(0.8) = 75$`

So we have:

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  `$x = 75$`

Therefore, 60 is 75% of 80.

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