79 is what percent of 110? (What percent of 110 is 79?)

79 is what percent of 110?

The question here is "79 is what percent of 110?" which is the same as "What percent of 110 is 79?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 110 equals 79.

The problem is therefore x% of 110 = 79 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 110
		100

= 79

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 71.818. The answer to "79 is what percent of 110?" is therefore:

71.818%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 71.818 percent of 110 is 79.

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