Question

26 out of the 40 members of the fishing club were at a meeting. What percent of the members were at the meeting?

Answer 1

if we take 40 to be the 100%, what is 26 off of it in percentage?

$\bf \begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 40&100\\ 26&x \end{array}\implies \cfrac{40}{26}=\cfrac{100}{x}\implies x=\cfrac{26\cdot 100}{40}$