Answer:
1. 487.5%
2. 43.45
Step-by-step explanation:
Remember the formula for a proportion: ((part)/(whole)) = ((percent)/(100))
1.
The part is given, 78, and the whole is given, 16.
Set up a porportion:
78/16 = percent/ 100
Simplify:
39/8 = percent /100
Cross products
39/8 = percent/100
8percent = 3900
Inverse operations
8percent = 3900
/8 /8
percent = 487.5
487.5%
2.
The percent is given, and the whole is given.
Set up a proportion:
part/55 = 79/100
Cross products
part/55 = 79/100
100part = 4345
Inverse operations
100part = 4345
/100 /100
part = 43.45
43.45
