i got this wrong in my homework i was wondering how thy get this answear Determine the percent from two numbers given here. Fifty is what percent of 195? which was 30% does that mean i have to do these steps
- finding the difference between the two numbers (subtraction)
- writing the answer as a fraction over the larger no.
- multiplying it by 100 (percentage)

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i got this wrong in my homework i was wondering how thy get this answear Determine the percent from two numbers given here. Fifty is what percent of 195? which was 30% does that mean i have to do these steps 
- finding the difference between the two numbers (subtraction)
- writing the answer as a fraction over the larger no.
- multiplying it by 100 (percentage)

debbieg · Answer

I don't really understand your question... if the question is, "Fifty is what percent of 195".... you can always set it up:

$$\Large \frac{ 50 }{ 195 }=\frac{ p }{ 100 }$$

so:

$$\Large \frac{ 50 }{ 195 }\cdot100=p$$

That is, just do the division 50/195, and multiply that by 100 to convert the decimal to a percent.

But, 50 is NOT 30% of 195, so I'm not sure what that part of your question means??

anonymous · Answer

yea thats my question but my homework is online and when i got it wrong it said the answer was 30percent and i been trying to figure out how they got 30 which ur probably right

debbieg · Answer

(50/195) * 100 = approx 25.6%

Probably a typo in the problem/answer.... lol.

anonymous · Answer

Lol I hope thanks tho