27 is what percent of 75?

2 Answers
Mar 16, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

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

Therefore x% can be written as x/100x100.

So we can write and solve for xx;

27/75 = x/1002775=x100

color(red)(100) xx 27/75 = color(red)(100) xx x/100100×2775=100×x100

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

36 = x

27/75 = 36/100 = 36%

Mar 16, 2018

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.