The question here is "8 is what percent of 124?" which is the same as "What percent of 124 is 8?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 124 equals 8.
The problem is therefore x% of 124 = 8 which can be written as a function:
| = 8 |
And when we solve the function above for x, we get 6.452. The answer to "8 is what percent of 124?" is therefore:
6.452%
How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 6.452 percent of 124 is 8.
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