62 is what percent of 422? (What percent of 422 is 62?)

62 is what percent of 422?

The question here is "62 is what percent of 422?" which is the same as "What percent of 422 is 62?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 422 equals 62.

The problem is therefore x% of 422 = 62 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 422
		100

= 62

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 14.692. The answer to "62 is what percent of 422?" is therefore:

14.692%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 14.692 percent of 422 is 62.

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