Solve Percent Applications: example 3.14

Translate and solve: 144 is what percent of 96?

Work it out on paper first. Then open the solution one step at a time, and stop as soon as you can finish on your own.

Your turn

The book's Try It right after this example: same idea, new numbers. Only the answer is given.

Translate and solve:

110 is what percent of 88?

How did it go?


Translate into algebra. Let $p =$ the percent.
Multiply.
Divide by 96 and simplify.
Convert to percent.
	$144$ is $150%$ of $96$