Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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2. The Percent Proportion
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Exercise 20 Page 245

The percent proportion is a proportion that equates a part of a whole to a percent out of 100.

99

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The percent proportion is a proportion that sets the ratio of a part of a whole equal to the ratio of a percent out of 100. We can represent a is p percent of wwith the given proportion. part/whole=percent/100 ⇔ a/w=p/100We can find what 110% of 90 is by thinking about 110 as the percent and 90 as the whole. Let's substitute p= 110 and w= 90 into the formula and solve for a using the Properties of Equality.

a/w=p/100
a/90=110/100
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Solve for a
a/90* 90=110/100 * 90
a=110/100 * 90
a=110* 90/100
a=9900/100
a= 99

Knowing the value of a, let's look at the completed percent proportion. 99/90=110/100 We found that 99 is 110 % of 90.

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