Question

What percent of 300 is 2 1/2?

Answer 1

The percent of 300 is 83.33%.

Percentage

The amount of something is expressed as if it is a part of the total which is a hundred. The ratio can be expressed as a fraction of 100. The word percent means per 100. It is represented by the symbol ‘%’.

Given

300 is 2+1/2 is an expression

To find

The percentage of a given function.

How to find the percentage of a given function?

Let x be the percent of 300.

300 is 2+1/2 is an expression that can be written as,

$\begin{aligned} \rm \dfrac{300x}{100} &= 2 + \dfrac{1}{2} \\\\\rm \dfrac{300x}{100} &= 2 +0.5\\\\\rm \dfrac{300x}{100} &= 2.5\\\\300x &= 250 \\\\x &= \dfrac{250}{300} \\\\x &= 0.8333\\\end{aligned}$

The percent of 300 is 83.33%.

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Answer 2

Answer:

• 5/6%

Step-by-step explanation:

• x/100 × 300 = 2.5
• => 300x/100 = 2.5
• => 300x = 250
• => 3x = 250/100
• => x = 5/2 x 1/3
• => x = 5/6

Hence, 5/6% of 300 is 2 1/2.