What proportion is 46 out of 115?

What proportion is 46 out of 115? In other words, what proportion is 46 out of 115 as a percentage? More specifically, if 46 is the part, and 115 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 46 out of 115 as a percentage:

46 out of 115 = P out of 100

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

P/100 = 46/115
P = 4600/115
P = 40

Now we know that the proportion of 46 out of 115 is the same as 40 out of 100, which means that we have our answer:

What proportion is 46 out of 115? = 40%

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