Question

A company published 100 books last year, of which 9 were best-sellers. What percent were best-sellers?

Answer 1

9% of a 100 were best sellers

Answer 2

9% of the 100 were best-sellers

Explanation:

there are 100 books, and 9 of them were best sellers, to put this in a percentage we can do (9/100)*100 which gives us 9, we slap a % on it and get 9%