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Answer 1 · 2017-04-12T12:38:00

See the entire solution process below:

Let's call the percent we are looking for $p$ $p$ .

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore p% can be written as $\frac{p}{100}$ $p/100$ .

So we can write and solve for $p$ $p$ :

$\frac{p}{100} = \frac{36}{90}$ $p/100 = 36/90$

$100 \cdot \frac{p}{100} = 100 \cdot \frac{36}{90}$ $color(red)(100) * p/100 = color(red)(100) * 36/90$

$cancel(color(red)(100)) * p/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(100))) = 3600/90$

$p = 40$

$color(red)(40%)$ of 90 is 36