Question

72 is what percent of 480

Answer 1

15%

Answer 2

72/480=.15

Answer 3

Translate the words into an equation.
Use these rules:
"is" means =
"of" means * (times)
"percent" means /100 (divided by 100)
"what" means x (the variable x)

72 is what percent of 480
72 = x/100 * 480

\(72 = \dfrac{x}{100} \times 480 \)

Now solve the equation for x.