9is 12 percent of what number? ( show your work)

For this question, we want to find out what 9 / 12 equals as a percent or x / 100. Therefore, we have a proportion here and can say: 9/12 = x/100 Now, at this point, we can cross multiply to get: 900 = 12x Now, divide both sides by 12 to get x alone and find that: x = 75 < FINAL ANSWER
so 9 is 12% of 75!
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On monday,mrs.wise bought 3 lbs of apples at $4per lb= 4*3=$12on tuesday ,20%off and she buy 5 lbs of apples = $4-20%=3.20*5lb=$16example: other wise when she buy 5lbs on monday she have to spend 4*5=20