Question

What is 200 is what percentage of $3,436

Answer 1

Solution:

Consider the following diagram:

by cross-multiplication, this is equivalent to:

$(100)(200)=x(3436)$

solving for x, this is equivalent to:

$x\text{ =}\frac{20000}{3436}=5.82$

so that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

200 is 5.82% of $3436.

that is, the correct answer is:

5.82%