2020 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 15
Suppose of
equals
of
What percentage of
is
Solution 1
Multiply by to get
. The
here can be converted to
. Therefore,
is the answer.
Solution 2
Letting , our equation becomes
. Clearly,
is
of
and the answer is
.
~junaidmansuri
Solution 3
Let us transform the first sentence to an equation. and
So,
Therefore,
and
hence
.
--Aops-g5-gethsemanea2
Solution 4
We are given that . Multiplying both sides by
and dividing by
tells us that
.
-franzliszt
See also
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