What percent of 80 is 16? 42 is 28% of what number?

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asked Aug 26, 2023 227k views

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Andrew Newland · Answer 1 · 2023-08-27T22:29:56+0000

Number 1

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What percent of 80 is 16?

-We can make an equation to solve this

(16)/(80)=(x)/(100)

(x)/(100) is our what we would call our percent in math

and
(16)/(80) is our whole and part you gave us

(16)/(80)=(x)/(100) cross multiply

80x=1600

x=20 %

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Number 2

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42 is 28% of what number?

-We can make an equation to solve this

(42)/(x)=(28)/(100)

(28)/(100) is our what we would call our percent in math

and
(42)/(x) is our whole and part you gave us

(42)/(x)=(28)/(100) cross multiply

$28x=4200\\x=150$

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