91 is what percent of 260?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T14:44:29

See a solution process below:

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

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

We can now write this express and solve for $x$ :

$x/100 = 91/260$

$color(red)(100) xx x/100 = color(red)(100) xx 91/260$

$cancel(color(red)(100)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(100))) = 9100/260$

$x = 35$

91 is $color(red)(35%)$ of 260