80 is what percent of 239? (What percent of 239 is 80?)

80 is what percent of 239?

The question here is "80 is what percent of 239?" which is the same as "What percent of 239 is 80?" This math word problem is asking "what percent" so we know that the answer should be a percent. Specifically, what percent (x) of 239 equals 80.

The problem is therefore x% of 239 = 80 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 239
		100

= 80

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 33.473. The answer to "80 is what percent of 239?" is therefore:

33.473%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 33.473 percent of 239 is 80.

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