How do you solve for the percentage in the following problem?

5 is _____% of 25.

Let the missing % be x.
Now, according to your question ;
5 = x% of 25
5 = x / 100 * 25
thus, 25x = 500
Thus, x = 500/25
= 20
Thus, 5 is 20% of 25.

Answered by tadvisohil886 | 2024-06-10

Just put 5 over 25 and then simplify to get 1/5. Now put that into a decimal (.2) then put that decimal into percent form, 20%

Answered by MathG33k | 2024-06-10

To find what percentage 5 is of 25, we set up the equation 5 = 100 x ​ × 25 . Solving for x gives us x = 20 , meaning that 5 is 20% of 25. Thus, the solution to the problem is that 5 represents 20 percent of 25.
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Answered by tadvisohil886 | 2025-03-10