36 out of 2000 books is what percent?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-01T02:07:06

$1.8%$

Consider the percentage as $x$ . We can write the equation as:

$2000xx x/100=36$

$20cancel(00) xx x/(1cancel(00))=36$

$20x=36$

Divide both sides by $20$ .

$x=36/20$

$x=1.8$