What proportion is 170 out of 200?

What proportion is 170 out of 200? In other words, what proportion is 170 out of 200 as a percentage? More specifically, if 170 is the part, and 200 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 170 out of 200 as a percentage:

170 out of 200 = P out of 100

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

P/100 = 170/200
P = 17000/200
P = 85

Now we know that the proportion of 170 out of 200 is the same as 85 out of 100, which means that we have our answer:

What proportion is 170 out of 200? = 85%

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