A percent is always out of one hundred and is the part out of a whole, so to solve for it we must set x equal to the part (345.12) out of the whole (4638.34).
Now if we solve for x it will equal 7.440593, which is kind of a big number. We can round it to the nearest hundredth, 7.44%, or just round it to the nearest percentage 7%.
I would say that they are different because if x - a has a value to the equation then that means a - x will not have the same value because it may be rearranged to a different equation but that doesn't mean that they will have the same value. that explain why x - a and a - x are not the same
