What number is 60% of 85?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-16T15:57:07

51

Use the proportion method to solve these:

$\frac{part}{whole} = \frac{percent}{100}$ $"part"/"whole"="percent"/100$

You want to solve for what part of 85 60% is:

$\frac{part}{85} = \frac{60}{100}$ $"part"/85=60/100$

X-multipily:

$part \cdot 100 = 85 \cdot 60$ $"part"*100 = 85*60$

$part = \frac{85 \cdot 60}{100}$ $"part" = (85*60)/100$

$part = 51$ $"part" = 51$