Question

What is 14% of 39? (help)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 5.46.

Answer 2

The answer to this is 35.8% and heres why:

We assume, that the number 39 is 100%  because it's the output value of the task and we all know that x is the value we are looking for. If 100% equals 39, so we can write it down as 100%=39 and x% equals 14 of the output value, so we can write it down as x%=14. And with that we have 2 equations we can solve.

Lets solve:

100%=39 and x%=14.

100%/x%=39/14

(100/x)*x=(39/14)*x       - we multiply both sides of the equation by x

100=2.78*x       - we divide both sides of the equation by (2.78) to get x

100/2.78=x  

35.8=x  

x=35.8

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