Question

#1: what percent of 78 is 16?

#2: what is 79% of 55?

Answer 1

1: 20.5%
2: 43.45
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Answer 2

1. 487.5%

2. 43.45

Explanation:

Remember the formula for a proportion: ((part)/(whole)) = ((percent)/(100))

1.

The part is given, 78, and the whole is given, 16.

Set up a porportion:

78/16 = percent/ 100

Simplify:

39/8 = percent /100

Cross products

39/8 = percent/100

8percent = 3900

Inverse operations

8percent = 3900

/8 /8

percent = 487.5

487.5%

2.

The percent is given, and the whole is given.

Set up a proportion:

part/55 = 79/100

Cross products

part/55 = 79/100

100part = 4345

Inverse operations

100part = 4345

/100 /100

part = 43.45

43.45