Question

What is 125% of 88?

Answer 1

Answer: x = 110

Step-by-step explanation: Well percent means over 100 so we can set up an equation for this problem by reading it from left to right.

What means x, is means equals, 125% is 125/100, of means times, 250.

So we have the equation
`x = (125)/(100) (88)`.

Simplifying on the right side of the equation, notice that 125/100 reduces to 5/4 so we have x = 5/4 · 88.

Think of the 88 as 88/1.

So we can cross cancel the 88 and 4 to 22 and 1.

So we have x = 5 · 22 over 1 · 1 or x = 110.

Answer 2

110 is 125% of 88

Explanation:

125% is the same as 125/100

Set this 125/100 equal to x/88

125/100 = x/88

Cross-Multiply (Numerator * Denominator = Numerator * Denominator)

125(88) = 100(x)

11,000 = 100x

Divide both sides of the equation by 100

110 = x

110 is 125% of 88

Hope this helps :)