180 is what percent of 12?

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180 is what percent of 12?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-02T02:25:48

180 is 1,500% of 12.

Explanation:

Let's call the percentage we are looking for $p%$

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore p% can be written as $9/100$ .

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:

$180 = p/100 xx 12$

$color(red)(100)/color(blue)(12) xx 180 = color(red)(100)/color(blue)(12) xx p/100 xx 12$

$18000/color(blue)(12) = cancel(color(red)(100))/cancel(color(blue)(12)) xx p/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(100))) xx color(blue)(cancel(color(black)(12)))$

$18000/12 = p$

$1500 = p$

$p = 1500$

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