15 is what percent of 142? (What percent of 142 is 15?)

15 is what percent of 142?

The question here is "15 is what percent of 142?" which is the same as "What percent of 142 is 15?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 142 equals 15.

The problem is therefore x% of 142 = 15 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 142
		100

= 15

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 10.563. The answer to "15 is what percent of 142?" is therefore:

10.563%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 10.563 percent of 142 is 15.

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