3 is 6% of what number?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-15T23:49:38

$50$ $50$

$\frac{3}{6} = 0.5$ $3/6=0.5$ which gives $1 %$ $1%$ of the number.

$0.5 \times 100 = 50$ $0.5 xx 100 = 50$ (which is $100 %$ $100%$ ).

Answer 2 · 2018-04-16T07:10:50

$6 %$ $6%$ of $50$ $50$ is $3$ $3$

Write equivalent fractions to form a direct proportion.
This compares the numbers with the percentages they represent.

$\frac{3}{6} = \frac{x}{100} \frac{\leftarrow number}{\leftarrow percent}$ $3/6 = x/100" "(larr"number")/(larr"percent")$

Cross multiply to get:

$6 x = 3 \times 100$ $6x = 3xx100$

$x = \frac{3 \times 100}{6}$ $x = (3xx100)/6$

$x = 50$ $x = 50$