20 is what percent of 119? (What percent of 119 is 20?)

20 is what percent of 119?

The question here is "20 is what percent of 119?" which is the same as "What percent of 119 is 20?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 119 equals 20.

The problem is therefore x% of 119 = 20 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 119
		100

= 20

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 16.807. The answer to "20 is what percent of 119?" is therefore:

16.807%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 16.807 percent of 119 is 20.

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