Please help I'm struggling.....

Captown is the capital city of Maltania. If the population of Captown is 25 percent of the rest of the population of Maltania, then the population of Captown is what percent of the entire population of Maltania?

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Please help I'm struggling.....


Captown is the capital city of Maltania. If the population of Captown is 25 percent of the rest of the population of Maltania, then the population of Captown is what percent of the entire population of Maltania?

anonymous · Answer

You will want to find c/m
c=pop of captown
m=pop of maltania

m-c=rest of population
c/m-c=25/100

anonymous · Answer

why is it m-c?

anonymous · Answer

@nincompoop

ribhu · Answer

let captown population be c

ribhu · Answer

maltania population be m

anonymous · Answer

whats the difference between rest of the population and the entire population?

anonymous · Answer

M= Maltania - C= Captown

ribhu · Answer

remaining population of maltania = m-c

ribhu · Answer

so c = 0.25(m-c)
1.25c=m

ribhu · Answer

c/m = (1/1.25)*100

ribhu · Answer

80

anonymous · Answer

i dont understand what the difference between rest of the popualation and the entire population is....

ribhu · Answer

see rest of the population is when population of captown is subtracted from population of maltania

ribhu · Answer

entire population is population of maltania = m

anonymous · Answer

ohhh ...

ribhu · Answer

@yomamabf i hope this will make u clear

anonymous · Answer

so the entire population is including captown?

ribhu · Answer

yeah. thats what the calculation shows

anonymous · Answer

ohhhh kay thanks

godlovesme · Answer

@yomamabf  can u please close this if u r done with the post please? thanks :)