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What percent of 42 is 29.4?

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Hint: We here have been given the number 42 and asked what percentage of 42 is 29.4. For this, we will assume the percentage to be x%. Then we will use the formula given as follows:
Any percentage, ‘P%’ of any number N, is given as:
R=N×P100
Where R is the resultant percent of N.
After that, we will put all the given values in this formula as a result of which we will get an equation in terms of ‘x’. Then, we will solve that equation and hence get our answer.

Complete step by step answer:
Here, we have been given the number and we have been asked what percent of this number, i.e. 42 is 29.4.
Now, let us assume that the required percentage is ‘x%’.
Hence, x percent of 42 is equal to 29.4.
Now, we know that when we have been given a principal number, let us assume it to be ‘N’, any percent of that number, let us assume that percentage to be ‘P%’, is given as:
R=N×P100 …..(i)
Where R is the resultant percent of N.
Now, according to this question, we have:
N=42
P=x
R=29.4
Now, if we put all these values of N, P and R in equation (i), we can get an equation in terms of ‘x’ and we can solve it for ‘x’, hence obtain its value.
Hence, putting the values of N,P and R in equation (i) we get:
R=N×P10029.4=42×x100
Now, solving this equation to obtain the value of ‘x’, we get:
29.4=42×x100(29.4)(100)=42x2940=42xx=294042x=70

Hence, the required percentage is 70%.

Note: We have here used the formula R=N×P100. This is obtained as follows:
Now, the meaning of percentage is the amount of something in each 100th of its part. Hence, if we have been given P of a number N is R, it means that R is the P100th fraction of that number.
Hence, we get:
R=N×P100


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