Solve for the base.

36 is 0.75% of

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Solve for the base.

  36 is 0.75% of

ipwnbunnies · Answer

What base? ..... So, we're saying x*0.0075 = 36. Can you solve for x?

anonymous · Answer

yes solving for x. how come you moved the decimal point?

ipwnbunnies · Answer

It's just a way of writing a percent when doing a problem. For example, we want to 50% of 10. Would you agree 50% of 10 is 5?

ipwnbunnies · Answer

want to find*

anonymous · Answer

well yes 5 is 50%. but that doesn't explain why you moved the decimal point. I just tried it on my homework and 36 isn't right.

kc_kennylau · Answer

Are you aware that 1%=0.01

kc_kennylau · Answer

Or 100%=1

kc_kennylau · Answer

That's why 0.75%=0.0075

ipwnbunnies · Answer

Stay with me lol. If we wrote it out in a problem, it'll be 10 * 0.5 = 5. For percents, move the decimel 2 spaces to the left.

kc_kennylau · Answer

So you're asked to find 36 is 0.75% of 'what'

kc_kennylau · Answer

That means 0.75% of 'what' is 36

kc_kennylau · Answer

Or 0.75%$\times$'what'=36

kc_kennylau · Answer

Which is the same as 0.0075'what'=36

kc_kennylau · Answer

Get it?

anonymous · Answer

yes that makes sense! Thank you for explaining all of that! I really appreciate it

kc_kennylau · Answer

no problem