What proportion is 118 out of 170?

What proportion is 118 out of 170? In other words, what proportion is 118 out of 170 as a percentage? More specifically, if 118 is the part, and 170 is the whole, what will the part be if the whole is 100?

Below is a more straightforward illustration showing you what we mean when we say we want find the proportion of 118 out of 170 as a percentage:

118 out of 170 = P out of 100

The above problem can be made into an equation and can be solved like this:

P/100 = 118/170
P = 11800/170
P ≈ 69.4118

Now we know that the proportion of 118 out of 170 is the same as 69.4118 out of 100, which means that we have our answer:

What proportion is 118 out of 170? ≈ 69.4118%

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