2.5% of what number is 20

Inactive Tutor answered • 05/19/21

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So, to start out, you want to set these as fractions equal to each other. And because of the given, you know that:

2.5/100=20/x

When you cross multiply you get 2.5x=2000.

Divide by 2.5 on both sides, and you get that the answer is 800.

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