60 is what percent of 126?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T00:00:05

$~~47.62 %$

Given: $60$ is what $%$ of $126$ ?

$is$ means $=$ ; $" ""of"$ means $xx$ ; $" "%$ means $"of "100 = p/100$

$60 = p/100 xx 126$

$60/126 = p/100$

Using the cross product $a/b = c/d => a xx d = b xx c$

$60 xx 100 = 126 p$

$6000 = 126 p$

$6000/126 = p$

$p ~~47.62 %$

$color(blue)"A second way is to use " %/100 = "is"/"of"$

$p/100 = 60/126$

Use cross-product: $126 p = 60 xx 100 = 6000$

$p = 6000/126 ~~ 47.62 %$