50 is what percent of 437? (What percent of 437 is 50?)

50 is what percent of 437?

The question here is "50 is what percent of 437?" which is the same as "What percent of 437 is 50?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 437 equals 50.

The problem is therefore x% of 437 = 50 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 437
		100

= 50

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 11.442. The answer to "50 is what percent of 437?" is therefore:

11.442%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 11.442 percent of 437 is 50.

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