What percent of 60 is 18?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-07T15:15:40

See a solution process below:

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

So we can write:

$x/100 = 18/60$ where $x$ is the percent.

Now, multiply each side of the equation by $color(red)(100)$ to solve for $x$ while keeping the equation balanced:

$color(red)(100) xx x/100 = color(red)(100) xx 18/60$

$cancel(color(red)(100)) xx x/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(100))) = 1800/60$

$x = 30$

18 is $color(red)(30%)$ of 60