Exercise 8 Page 140

Let's start by recalling that we can use the percent equation to solve problems that involve percent. Percent Equation [0.3em] part = percent * whole We want to find what percent of 70 is 16.1. Let n represent the percent. 16.1 = n * 70 Now we will solve the equation that we got for n. To do so, we will use the Division Property of Equality.

We found that n= 0.23 is a solution to the equation. To write the decimal as a percent, we need to move the decimal point two places to the right and write the percent symbol. 0.23 = 23 % We got that 16.1 is 23 % of 70.