what is the percent of $80 and $60 ?

Question

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Answer 1

If you mean:  $60 is what percent of $80?

Then:

"is" means =

"what" means x

"percent" means /100

"of" means *

60 = x/100 * 80

60 = x * 0.8

x = 60 / 0.8

x = 75

Answer:  $60 is 75% of $80

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If you mean:  $80 is what percent of $60?

Then:

80 = x/100 * 60

80 = x * 0.6

x = 80 / 0.6

x = 133.33333 (3's forever)

Answer:  $80 is about 133.33% of $60.