79 is what percent of 117? (What percent of 117 is 79?)

79 is what percent of 117?

The question here is "79 is what percent of 117?" which is the same as "What percent of 117 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 117 equals 79.

The problem is therefore x% of 117 = 79 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 117
		100

= 79

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 67.521. The answer to "79 is what percent of 117?" is therefore:

67.521%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 67.521 percent of 117 is 79.

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