Question

Translate to a proportion and solve.What is 72% of 80?72% of 80 is...

Answer 1

72% of 80 is translated into:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{72}{100}\times80=\frac{288}{5} \\ \frac{288}{5}=57.6 \end{gathered}$

Note that 72% is equivalent to 72/100

Therefore, 72% of 80 is 57.6