Question

480 is 8% of what number?

Answer 1

6000

Step-by-step explanation

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three.

Step 1

Let x represents the number we are looking for

then

x is the 100 percenct

if

`480\Rightarrow8\text{ }`

then

`x\Rightarrow100`

the proportion is the same, so

`(480)/(8)=(x)/(100)`

Step 2

multiply both sides by 100 to find x

`\begin{gathered} (480\cdot100)/(8)=100\cdot(x)/(100) \\ 6000=x \end{gathered}`

it means 6000 is the number we are looking for.

I hope this helps you