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Answer each question. Assume x>0. a. What percent of 8x is 5x? 5x is % of 8x. b. What is 65% of 80x? 65% of 80x=.

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Final answer:

To find what percent 5x is of 8x, calculate (5x / 8x) * 100% which gives 62.5%. To find 65% of 80x, multiply 80x by 0.65, resulting in 52x.

Step-by-step explanation:

To answer these questions, we can use simple percentage calculations and apply them to the algebraic expressions provided.



a. What percent of 8x is 5x?

To find out what percent 5x is of 8x, we can set up the equation (5x / 8x) * 100%. Simplifying 5x / 8x gives us 5/8, and multiplying this fraction by 100% gives us the percentage.



(5/8) * 100% = 62.5%



So, 5x is 62.5% of 8x.



b. What is 65% of 80x?

To find 65% of 80x, we can multiply 80x by 0.65.



65% of 80x = 80x * 0.65 = 52x



Therefore, 65% of 80x is 52x.

User Cedric Reichenbach
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since both numbers have an x, the first question might as well be asking 5 is what % of 8.

This can be found using division, 5/8=0.625 This also meant that the answer is 62.5 %

For the second question, to find the answer, you just gave to multiply the 2 numbers.

65%*80x=52

Done!

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