72% of what weight is 50 oz?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-25T00:49:49

Well, when we put it into an equation,

#0.72 = (72%)/(100%)#,

so that

#0.72 xx "weight (oz)" = "50 oz"#.

"Of" indicates a multiplication, and "what weight"? Call it #x#, or whatever you want.

Therefore, the original weight was:

#color(blue)"weight" = ("50 oz")/(0.72) = color(blue)"69.4 oz"#

If you take #72%# of this, do you get #"50 oz"# back?