What proportion is 42 out of 75?

What proportion is 42 out of 75? In other words, what proportion is 42 out of 75 as a percentage? More specifically, if 42 is the part, and 75 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 42 out of 75 as a percentage:

42 out of 75 = P out of 100

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

P/100 = 42/75
P = 4200/75
P = 56

Now we know that the proportion of 42 out of 75 is the same as 56 out of 100, which means that we have our answer:

What proportion is 42 out of 75? = 56%

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