what percent of 75 is 84

Question

Please help me solve this 

Answer 1

Allyson, another way to do this is to set is/of = percent/100 and cross multiply.

 

We'll call the percent "p."

 

84/75 = p/100

 

75p = 8400

 

p = 112

Answer 2

We can use Part = Rate X Base for problems like this.

 

You're asking for the percentage (rate) of 75; so 75 will be our base. 84 will be our part:

 

 

84 = r X 75 

 

or 

 

84 = 75r

 

divide both sides by 75

 

1.12 = r

 

move the decimal two place to the right

 

112%

 

 

 

Answer 3

To get the percentage, you need to divide 84 by 75.  

 

So the answer is 84/75 = 1.12 which is 1.12 x 100% = 112%