80 is what percent of 240? (What percent of 240 is 80?)

80 is what percent of 240?

The question here is "80 is what percent of 240?" which is the same as "What percent of 240 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 240 equals 80.

The problem is therefore x% of 240 = 80 which can be written as a function:

		x ∗ 240
		100

= 80

And when we solve the function above for x, we get 33.333. The answer to "80 is what percent of 240?" is therefore:

33.333%

How can we know the answer is correct? We know the answer is correct because 33.333 percent of 240 is 80.

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