10 is what percent of 817? (What percent of 817 is 10?)

10 is what percent of 817?

The question here is "10 is what percent of 817?" which is the same as "What percent of 817 is 10?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 817 equals 10.

The problem is therefore x% of 817 = 10 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 817
		100

= 10

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 1.224. The answer to "10 is what percent of 817?" is therefore:

1.224%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 1.224 percent of 817 is 10.

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