Question

20 percent of 70 percent of an integer is equal to x percent of 40 percent of that same integer. What is the value of x?

Answer 1

.20(.70x)=x/100(.40x)

Answer 2

How do you get that?

Answer 3

.14x=.004x^2

Answer 4

I just wrote what the problem said.

Answer 5

Remember that "of" means times in mathematics.

Answer 6

20 percent of 70 percent of an integer
.20 times .70 times x

Answer 7

Oh, okay thank you!

Answer 8

x percent of 40 percent of that same integer
x/100 times .40 times x