79 is what percent of 111? (What percent of 111 is 79?)

79 is what percent of 111?

The question here is "79 is what percent of 111?" which is the same as "What percent of 111 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 111 equals 79.

The problem is therefore x% of 111 = 79 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 111
		100

= 79

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 71.171. The answer to "79 is what percent of 111?" is therefore:

71.171%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 71.171 percent of 111 is 79.

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