Todd plans to swim 900 yards in a pool. So far Todd has swam 720 yards. What percentage of the total has Todd completed?
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Ok, so the answer is 80%. How I got this, I did the cross-product method. On one side, I did x/100, and the other, I did 720/900. And I multiplied 720 by 100, and got 72,000. And I also did 900 Times x, and got 900x. So, the new equation is 72000 = 900x. I divided 72000 by 900, and got 80, which is the percentage. (Picture of Cross-Product Method)
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