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Percents & Equations

The document explains how to solve percent problems using equations and proportions, providing three types of percent equations: finding the part, finding the percent, and finding the whole. It includes examples and solutions for translating verbal phrases into algebraic expressions and solving them. Additionally, it offers exercises for practice on the concepts discussed.

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Percents & Equations

The document explains how to solve percent problems using equations and proportions, providing three types of percent equations: finding the part, finding the percent, and finding the whole. It includes examples and solutions for translating verbal phrases into algebraic expressions and solving them. Additionally, it offers exercises for practice on the concepts discussed.

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Percents 111

7-2. Percents and Equations


You can solve a percent problem by writing and solving an equation or a proportion.
Three types of percent equations and corresponding verbal phrases are illustrated below.

Verbal Phrase Algebraic Expression Equation or Proportion


1. Finding the Part What is 15% of 72? n 0.15 72 Write an equation.
15 n
Write a proportion.
100 72
n
2. Finding the Percent What percent of 20 is 6? 20 6 Write an equation.
100
n 6
Write a proportion.
100 20
3. Finding the Whole 17 is 25% of what number? 17 0.25 n Write an equation.
25 17
Write a proportion.
100 n

Example 1 Translate each verbal phrase into an algebraic equation and a proportion.
Then solve.
a. What is 0.3% of 4?
b. What percent of 30 is 5?
c. 64 is 250% of what number?

Solution a. x 0.003 4 0.012 Write an equation.


x 0.3
Write a proportion.
4 100
100 x 0.3 4 Cross products
x 1.2 100 0.012 Divide by 100 and solve.

p
b. 30 5 Write an equation.
100
100 50 100
p 5 Multiply both sides by and simplify.
30 3 30
p 5
Write a proportion.
100 30
30 p 500 Cross products
500 50
p Divide by 30 and simplify.
30 3

c. 64 2.5 n Write an equation. 250% 2.5


64
n 25.6 Divide each side by 2.5.
2.5
250 64
Write a proportion.
100 n
250n 6400 Cross products
6400
n 25.6 Divide each side by 250.
250
112 Chapter 7

Exercises - Percents and Equations

1 6
28% of what number is 7? What percent of 12 is 8?

A) 60%
2
B) 66 %
3
C) 75%
2
1
3.6 is 240% of what number? D) 130 %
3

7
54 is 120% of k .

3 Which of the following proportions could be used


to solve the above expression?
1
% of 180 is what number?
2 100 54
A)
120 k
54 120
B)
100 k
100 120
C)
54 k
4 120 54
D)
1 100 k
3 % of what number is 2.5?
3

8
If Kevin’s monthly salary of $4,500 is 72 percent
of Paul’s monthly salary, what is Paul’s monthly
salary?
5
A) $3, 240
26.4 is 0.55% of what number?
B) $5,150
C) $5,870
D) $6, 250

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