Question

50 is 20% of what number?

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Answer 1

250

When there’s 20% it is also 1/5 so when you multiply 50 by 5 you get 250 another way to get this answer is to set up a proportion where you have 20/100 and 50/x, set them equal to each other and cross multiply to solve

Answer 2

10

Explanation:

to find a percentage of something

first multiply the percentage and the amount

50*20=1000

them divide by 100

1000/100=10

and tada!