3 is 6% of what number?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-15T23:49:38

$50$

$3/6=0.5$ which gives $1%$ of the number.

$0.5 xx 100 = 50$ (which is $100%$ ).

Answer 2 · 2018-04-16T07:10:50

$6%$ of $50$ is $3$

Write equivalent fractions to form a direct proportion.
This compares the numbers with the percentages they represent.

$3/6 = x/100" "(larr"number")/(larr"percent")$

Cross multiply to get:

$6x = 3xx100$

$x = (3xx100)/6$

$x = 50$