3 is what percent of 733? (What percent of 733 is 3?)

3 is what percent of 733?

The question here is "3 is what percent of 733?" which is the same as "What percent of 733 is 3?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 733 equals 3.

The problem is therefore x% of 733 = 3 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 733
		100

= 3

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 0.409. The answer to "3 is what percent of 733?" is therefore:

0.409%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 0.409 percent of 733 is 3.

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