needng help wth homework, I have the numbers 20, 10, 3, 2, and 1 and they need to equal 100% and need to become percents but I can never understand said concept. Could anyone help me?

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jango_in_dtown · Answer

@Mokiandmidnight  may I help?

anonymous · Answer

shoot for it, I tried and i just converted them into percents and they equaled to 36%

jango_in_dtown · Answer

see sum of the numbers =100% 
now sum of numers =36
so 36=100%
therefore the number 20=(20/36*100 )%=(55 5/9 percents)
10=(10/36*100)%= (27 7/9) percents
3=(3/36*100)%=(8 1/3) percents
2=(2/36*100)=(5 5/9) percents
1=(1/36*100) %=(2 7/9) percents

anonymous · Answer

So anotherwords from what im gathering 20 is 55 5/9%, 10 is 27 7/9%, 3 is 8 1/3% and so on?

anonymous · Answer

Or should those numbers be rounded up?

jango_in_dtown · Answer

correct... I kept the solution in mixed fractions. You may keep them as it is or make them into partial fractions but cannot ronudup.. or else they wont add up to 100%

anonymous · Answer

Alright Thank you!