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What percent of 100 is 500?

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Answer:

Step 1:

Given verbal expression is ‘What percent of is 500is 100

Step 2:

The term percent means ‘per Hundred’. Or 1/100=0.01 and ‘of’ means ‘multiply’ in algebra

Step 3:

Let x represent the percentage.

Then x percent means x/100=0.01x

According to the question:

Write the above Given expression as an equation by using the above explanation of step 2 as follows as:500(0.01x)=100

Hence the x percent of 500 is 100 representing algebraic expression is 500(0.01x)=100

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Answer:

500%

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