66 is 56% of what numberr
2007-12-31 17:49:01 · 7 answers · asked by K <3 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
When you see this, you have to immediately think symbols, how can I represent something like this, well, let's reword this:
A is B% of some number n.
Well, we know to get a percent, we need to convert the percent into a decimal, we'll just call that B without the %, and then we multiply this by the number n and set it equal to A:
A = Bn
So, we can say that:
66 = A
56% = B%
.56 = B
x = n
Now we have:
66 = .56(x)
Where x is the answer:
66/.56 = x
117.86 = x
There you go.
2007-12-31 17:55:40 · answer #1 · answered by Eolian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
66 ÷ 56%
= 66 ÷ 56/100
= 66 x 100/56
= 6600/56
= 117 6/7
2008-01-01 05:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by An ESL Learner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another way to solve ...
Let X = the number
0.56X = 66
Therefore, X = 66/0.56
Hence, X = 117.86 (answer rounded off to 2 decimal places)
2008-01-01 02:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by Pointy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set it up to cross multiply.
66 56
___ = ___
X 100
(100 X 66) /57 = X
2008-01-01 01:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
56% = 66
100% =x
x=100x66 / 56
x=117.8571429
2008-01-01 01:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by Murtaza 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
66/.56=117.8571429
2008-01-01 01:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by DANIEL G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
117.85
2008-01-01 04:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by KJ_Jockey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋