What proportion is 45 out of 125?

What proportion is 45 out of 125? In other words, what proportion is 45 out of 125 as a percentage? More specifically, if 45 is the part, and 125 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 45 out of 125 as a percentage:

45 out of 125 = P out of 100

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

P/100 = 45/125
P = 4500/125
P = 36

Now we know that the proportion of 45 out of 125 is the same as 36 out of 100, which means that we have our answer:

What proportion is 45 out of 125? = 36%

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