Question

36 is what percent of 65?

Answer 1

36 is the 55.4% of 65

Explanation:

Let `x` be a real number representing the percentage .
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`65xxx/100=36`
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`rArr(65x)/100=36`
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`rArr65x=3600`
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`rArrx=3600/65`
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`rArrx=55.4`
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Therefore, 36 is the 55.4% of 65 .

Answer 2

55.44%

Explanation:

Percent means "per 100"

So, you need to find what 36 is when 65=100.

`36/65`=`x/100`

`100-:65~~1.54`
Therefore, `65 xx 1.54=100`
What you do to the bottom, you must do to the top.

Therefore, `36/65=(36 xx 1.54)/(65 xx 1.54)=55.44/100`

Therefore, `55.44%`