Question

What Percent of 25 is 10?

A. 10 = p x 25 ; 40%
B. 10 = p x 25 ; 250%
C. 25 = p x 10 ; 40%
D. 25 = p x 10 ; 250%

Answer 1

Please help me, I am stuck on this question and it's due today, I would rlly appreciate if you could help.

Answer 2

None

Answer 3

I know the answer is 40% but I dont know if it is A or C

Answer 4

If p is the percent, then you have

p*25 = 10

just use some actual numbers. You know that
10 is 50% of 20, right?
0.50 * 20 = 10
so
0.40 * 25 = 10

do a little thinking.

Answer 5

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To find the percentage, you need to divide the smaller number (10) by the larger number (25) and then multiply the result by 100.

Let's go through each option to find the correct answer:

A. 10 = p x 25
To solve for p, divide both sides of the equation by 25: p = 10/25 = 0.4
Then, multiply p by 100 to get the percentage: 0.4 x 100 = 40%

B. 10 = p x 25
Again, divide both sides of the equation by 25: p = 10/25 = 0.4
But multiplying p by 100 results in 0.4 x 100 = 40%, not 250%. Therefore, option B is incorrect.

C. 25 = p x 10
To solve for p, divide both sides of the equation by 10: p = 25/10 = 2.5
Multiplying p by 100, we get 2.5 x 100 = 250%
However, we are looking for what percent of 25 is 10, not the other way around. So option C is incorrect.

D. 25 = p x 10
Similarly, divide both sides of the equation by 10: p = 25/10 = 2.5
And multiplying p by 100 gives us 2.5 x 100 = 250%
Again, this is the percentage of 10 in 25, not the other way around. So option D is also incorrect.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A. 10 is 40% of 25.