Question
70 percents of what is 135?
Answer
70 percents of 192.85714285714 is 135?
Explanation
Step 1: Translate the words into an equation.
| 70 percents | of | what | is | 135 |
| 70% | $ \cdot $ | x | = | 135 |
Step 2: Express $ 70% $ as a decimal number.
$$ 80\% = 80 \div 100 = 0.7$$Step 3: Solve for $ x $.
$$ \begin{aligned} 0.7 \cdot x &= 135 \\[1.2 em] x &= \dfrac{ 135 }{ 0.7 } \\[1.2 em] x &= 192.85714285714 \end{aligned} $$This page was created using
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