Question

a patient was supposed to take 560 mg of medicine but took on The 420 mg what percent of medicine does she take

Answer 1

You need to set the correct porportion. x is the percent value you want to find. 100 is the maximum percentage. 420mg is what was taken out of the maximum 560mg dose.

$\frac{x}{100} \times \frac{420}{560}$

You will cross multiple.

$560x = 42000$

you will divide 42000 by 560

$\frac{560x}{560} = \frac{42000}{560}$
$x = 75$

The complete answer will be: The patient took 75% of the 560mg dose of medication.