What is 4 out of 74 as a percentage?
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4 is what percent of 74?
In the following example consider that:
- The percentage figure is represented by X%
- The whole amount is represented by W
- The portion amount or part is represented by P
The following question is of the type "P is what percent of W,” where W is the whole amount and P is the portion amount". That is, this problem is of the type "calculating the percentage from a whole knowing the part".
Solution Steps
Here is the solution work:
Step 1: first determine the value of the whole amount. We assume that it is 74.
(notice that this corresponds to 100%).Step 2: Remember that we are looking for the percentage 'percentage'.
To solve this question, use the following formula:
X% = 100 × PW
This formula says that:
"To find the percentage from the whole, knowing the part, divide the part by the whole then multiply the result by 100".
Step 3: replacing the values into the formula, we get:
X% = 100 × 474
X% = 40074
X% = 5.41 (answer)
So, the answer is 4 is 5.41 percent of 74
What is 4 out of 74 as a decimal?
To solve this question, use the following formula:
X = PW
"To find 'P' out of 'W', just divide the part by the whole.". So,
X = 474
X = 474 = 0.0541
Thus, the answer is 4 is 0.0541 out of 74 as a decimal.