Question

Use the appropriate form of the percentage formula.What percent of 15.1 is 13.6? Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent."

Answer 1

In order to find the corresponding percent, we divide the amount we are looking for by the total and multiply by 100 to make it a percentage, then

$\begin{gathered} \frac{13.6}{15.1}=0.90066 \\ mu\text{ltiply by 100} \\ 0.90066=90.07\text{\%} \end{gathered}$