You know that
52%
of a number, x, is
65.
You also know that
26%
of a number, y, is
39.
What are the values of x and y? Which number is greater? Explain how you can find whether x or y is greater without finding their values.
so remember that percent means parts out of 100 so 52%=52/100=0.52
26%=26/100=0.26 'of' means multily
0.52 times x=65 divide both sides by 00.52 x=125
26% of a number is 39 0.26 times y=39 divide both sides by 0.26 y=150
x=125 y=150 y is greater
you know that becuase we know that 52% is exatly twice of 26% so therefor, if x=y then 52% of x is half of 26% of y so to compare them, we just divide the 65 number by 2 to find 26% of that number to get 65/2=32.5 32.5<39 so x is smaller number
