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1. Find the unknown amount in a percent problem 2. Find the unknown rate in a percent problem 3. Find the unknown base in a percent problem
From your work in Section 6.3, you may have observed that there are three basic types of percent problems. These depend on which of the three partsthe amount, the rate, or the baseis missing in the problem statement. The solution for each type of problem depends on the percent relationship.
Percent Relationship
We will illustrate the solution of each type of problem in the following examples. Lets start with a problem in which we want to nd the amount.
What is 18% of 300? We know the rate, 18%; and the base, 300; the amount is the unknown. Using the percent relationship, we can translate the problem to an equation.
Rate Base
Write 18% as the decimal 0.18 by the rule of Section 6.1. Then multiply to nd the amount.
CHECK YOURSELF 1
Find 65% of 200.
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1. If the rate is less than 100%, the amount will be less than the base.
20 is 40% of 50
and
20 50 75 50
2. If the rate is greater than 100%, the amount will be greater than the base.
75 is 150% of 50
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30 is what percent of 150? We know the amount, 30, and the base, 150; the rate (what percent) is the unknown. Again using the percent relationship to translate to an equation, we have
Base Amount
Rate 150 30
NOTE This will leave the rate
alone on the left.
We divide both sides by 150 to nd the rate. Rate 30 1 1 0.20 20 20% 150 5 100
30 is 20% of 150.
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75 is what percent of 300?
1. If the amount is less than the base, the rate will be less than 100%. 2. If the amount is greater than the base, the rate will be greater than 100%.
28 is 40% of what number? We know the amount, 28, and the rate, 40%. The base (what number) is the unknown. From the percent relationship we have
Rate Amount
Base
28 70 0.40
So 28 is 40% of 70.
CHECK YOURSELF 3
70 is 35% of what number?
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We have now seen solution methods for the three basic types of percent problems: nding the amount, the rate, and the base. As you will see in the remainder of this section, our work in Chapter 5 with proportions will allow us to solve each type of problem in an identical fashion. In fact, many students nd percent problems easier to approach with the proportion method. First, we will write what is called the percent proportion.
R A B 100
Because in any percent problem we know two of the three quantities (A, B, or R), we can always solve for the unknown term. Consider in Example 4 the use of the percent proportion. Example 4 Solving a Problem Involving an Unknown Amount
NOTE This is an unknownamount problem.
Substitute the values into the percent proportion. R A 30 150 100 B We solve the proportion with the methods of Section 5.4. 100A 150 30 100A 4500 Divide by the coefcient, 100.
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A 45 The amount is 45. This means that 45 is 30% of 150. CHECK YOURSELF 4
Use the percent proportion to answer this question: What is 24% of 300?
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The same percent proportion will work if you want to nd the rate. Example 5 Solving a Problem Involving an Unknown Rate
NOTE This is an unknown-rate
problem.
Substitute the known values into the percent proportion. A 72 R 400 100 B Solving, we get 400R 7200
1 R, the rate, is the unknown term in this case.
Finally, we use the same proportion to nd an unknown base. Example 6 Solving a Problem Involving an Unknown Base
NOTE This is an unknown-base
problem.
Substitute the known values into the percent proportion. A 200 40 B 100 Solving gives 40B 200 100
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20,000 40B 40 40
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Remember that a percent (the rate) can be greater than 100. CHECK YOURSELF 6
288 is 60% of what number?
What is 125% of 300? In the percent proportion, we have A 125 300 100 So 100A 300 125. Dividing by 100 yields A 37,500 375 100
We next look at two examples of solving percent problems involving fractions of a percent.
Example 8 Solving a Percent Problem 34 is 8.5% of what number? Using the percent proportion yields
NOTE The amount is 34, the rate is 8.5%. We want to nd the base.
or
NOTE Divide by 8.5.
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Example 9 Estimating Percentages Find 19.3% of 500. Round the rate to 20% as a fraction, 1 500 100 5
Rounded rate Base Estimate of amount
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Estimate the amount.
20.2% of 800
CHECK YOURSELF ANSWERS 1. 130 4. 2. 25% R A 24 300 100 B 100A 7200; A 72 6. A R B 50R 1250; R 25% 7. 750 8. 600 9. 160 3. 200 5. A 12.5 R 50 100
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6.4 Exercises
Solve each of the following problems involving percent.
1. What is 35% of 600? 3. 45% of 200 is what number? 5. Find 40% of 2500. 7. What percent of 50 is 4? 9. What percent of 500 is 45? 11. What percent of 200 is 340? 13. 46 is 8% of what number? 15. Find the base if 11% of the base is 55. 17. 58.5 is 13% of what number? 19. Find 110% of 800. 21. What is 108% of 4000? 23. 210 is what percent of 120? 25. 360 is what percent of 90? 27. 625 is 125% of what number? 29. Find the base if 110% of the base is 935. 2. 20% of 400 is what number? 4. What is 40% of 1200? 6. What is 75% of 120?
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1. 3. 5. 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12. 14. 16. 18. 20. 22. 24. 26. 28. 30. 32.
8. 51 is what percent of 850? 10. 14 is what percent of 200? 12. 392 is what percent of 2800?
7. 9. 11. 13.
14. 7% of what number is 42? 16. 16% of what number is 192? 18. 21% of what number is 73.5? 20. What is 115% of 600?
22. Find 160% of 2000. 24. What percent of 40 is 52? 26. What percent of 15,000 is 18,000? 28. 140% of what number is 350?
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35. What is 5.25% of 3000? 37. 60 is what percent of 800? 39. What percent of 180 is 120?
36. What is 7.25% of 7600? 39. 38. 500 is what percent of 1500? 40. 40. What percent of 800 is 78? 501
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41. 42. 43. 45. 58.5 is 13% of what number? 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 51. 74.7% of 600 is what number? 49. 53. Find 152% of 400. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. It is customary when eating in a restaurant to leave a 15% tip. 54. What is 118% of 5000? 52. 9.8% of 1200 is what number? 47. 195 is 7.5% of what number? 48. 21% of what number is 73.5?
41. What percent of 1200 is 750? 43. 10.5% of what number is 420?
42. 68 is what percent of 800? 44. Find the base if 11 % of the base
is 46.
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(a) Outline a method to do a quick approximation for the amount of tip to leave. (b) Use this method to gure a 15% tip on a bill of $47.76.
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56. The dean of Enrollment Management at a college states, Last year was not a good year.
Our enrollments were down 25%. But this year we increased our enrollment by 30% over last year. I think we have turned the corner. Evaluate the deans analysis.
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1. 210 15. 500 27. 500 3. 90 5. 1000 7. 8% 9. 9% 11. 170% 13. 575 17. 450 19. 880 21. 4320 23. 175% 25. 400% 29. 850 31. 25.5 33. 705 35. 157.5 37. 7.5% 41. 62.5% 53. 600 55. 43. 4000 45. 450 47. 2600 49. 1000
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