Question

27 is what percent of 75?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Therefore x% can be written as `x/100`.

So we can write and solve for `x`;

`27/75 = x/100`

`color(red)(100) xx 27/75 = color(red)(100) xx x/100`

`2700/75 = cancel(color(red)(100)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(100)))`

`36 = x`

`27/75 = 36/100 = 36%`

Answer 2

`36%`

Explanation:

You can solve it with an analogy.

`27` out of `75`
`x` out of `100`

`75x=2700`
`x=2700/75`
`x=36`

Therefore `27` is `36%` of `75`.