What percent of 125 is 2?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-26T03:46:10

1.6% of 125 is 2

First, let's call the percent we are looking for $p%$ .

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

When dealing with percents the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".

Putting this altogether we can write this equation and solve for $p$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$p/100 xx 125 = 2$

$100/125 xx p/100 xx 125 = 100/125 xx 2$

$color(red)(cancel(100))/color(blue)(cancel(125)) xx p/color(red)(cancel(100)) xx color(blue)(cancel(125)) = 200/125$

$p = 1.6$