Chapter 2.9, Problem 27P

Tell whether you are finding a percent, a part, or a base. Then solve.

What is $133\%$ of 90?

To determine

Whether we are finding a percent, a part or base then solve what is $133\%\text{of}90$

Answer to Problem 27P

We found a part and its value is $119.7$

Explanation of Solution

Given information :

Given $133\%\text{of}90$

As we know that the fraction is a number that names part of a whole number or part of a group.

Here $133\%$ represent a fraction as $133\%$ can be written as $133\%=\frac{133}{100}$ that represents a part of a whole number or part of a group.

Thus, we are finding a part here.

  $\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow 133\%\text{of}90\\ =\frac{133}{100}\times 90\\ =119.7\end{array}$

Hence, we found a part and its value is $119.7$