Question

PLEASE HELP deals with Percent Proportion . Only answer if u know that u can help

Jesse was told that 27 was 75% of a number. He used the percent proportion to find the number. . He said that the number is 20.25. Is he correct? Explain.

Answer 1

Hi there! Jesse is not correct. 27 is 75% of a number, which means that it is a number higher than 27. He got it mixed up what was 75% of 27, and that's how he got 20.25. What he should've done was put 27 as the numerator and then "a" at the bottom to get the real answer. When you solve the proportion right, the correct answer is 36. 27 is 75% of 36.