Question

1. How many percent of 50 is 10? 2. 20 Is 60% of what number?

Answer 1

1. 20%

2.
`33.\overline{33}`

Explanation:

We can use percentage proportions to find out these answers.

For number one, 10 is what percent of 50, we already know our two values so we can make the equation:

`(10)/(50) = (x)/(100)`

Using the cross products property, we know that x is
`(100\cdot10)/50` which is 20.

So 10 is 20% of 50.

For number two, we know a different pair of two numbers now: we know the percent of x, and the percent it is, so the equation can become:

`(20)/(x) = (60)/(100)`

Again, cross products property tells us that x is
`(100\cdot20)/60`, which is
`33.\overline{33}`.

Hope this helped!