Question

33.52 is what percent of 8 ?

Answer 1

to solve any equation like this you always use 
____% of ___ is ____.
In this case it is
x% of 8 is 33.52
8x=33.52
x=4.19
x=419%

Answer 2

let the percentage be x.  we can rephrase the question to be more clear by saying: x percent of 8 is 33.52 and find x.  to put this line in terms of equations we write:
x(8) = 33.52
now we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 8:
x = 4.19
remember that we need to put our answer in percent form so we want (percent)/100 = 4.19 and therefore percent is 419.
our answer is 419%

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