Question

Findthefollowing androundtothenearesttenth:a) 90%of whatnumberis 262?b) Whatpercentof45is329?

Answer 1

Problem

Findthefollowing androundtothenearesttenth:

a) 90%of whatnumberis 262?

b) Whatpercentof45is329?​

Solution

Part a

For this case we can do the following:

$\frac{x}{100}=\frac{262}{90}$

And solving for x we got:

x= 100 (262/90)= 291.1

Part b

For this case we can do the following:

$\frac{45}{329}\cdot100=13.68$

And we can conclude that the answer is 13.68%