What is 42% of 150?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-10T22:58:28

63

We can rewrite this problem as an expression.

$x = 150 * 0.42$

Now just multiply to find x

$x = 63$

Answer 2 · 2018-05-10T23:11:28

$63$

We can set up the following ratio:

$42/100=x/150$

Which compares the percent to the number we're trying to take the percent of. We can cross multiply and we get:

$x=(42*150)/100$

Dividing both top terms by $2$ and dividing the bottom by $4$ (because we divided by $2$ twice on top)

$x=(color(blue)(21)cancel42*color(blue)(75)cancel150)/(color(blue)(25)cancel100)$

$x=63$

Therefore, $42%$ of $150$ is $63$

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