Question

480 is 8% of what number?

Answer 1

6000

Explanation

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three.

Step 1

Let x represents the number we are looking for

then

x is the 100 percenct

if

$480\Rightarrow8\text{ }$

then

$x\Rightarrow100$

the proportion is the same, so

$\frac{480}{8}=\frac{x}{100}$

Step 2

multiply both sides by 100 to find x

$\begin{gathered} \frac{480\cdot100}{8}=100\cdot\frac{x}{100} \\ 6000=x \end{gathered}$

it means 6000 is the number we are looking for.

I hope this helps you