Question

Translate to a proportion and solve.What is 72% of 80?72% of 80 is...

Answer 1

72% of 80 is translated into:

`\begin{gathered} (72)/(100)*80=(288)/(5) \\ (288)/(5)=57.6 \end{gathered}`

Note that 72% is equivalent to 72/100

Therefore, 72% of 80 is 57.6