{"id":167023,"date":"2024-11-14T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=167023"},"modified":"2024-11-14T18:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:01:58","slug":"what-percent-of-5-is-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/14\/what-percent-of-5-is-7\/","title":{"rendered":"What percent of 5 is 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What percent of 5 is 7?<br>A. 14%<br>B. 35%<br>C. 71%<br>D. 140%<br>E. 157%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find what percent of 5 is 7, we need to use the formula for percentage calculation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Percentage} = \\left( \\frac{\\text{Part}}{\\text{Whole}} \\right) \\times 100<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>part<\/strong> is 7 (the value we want to know what percentage it is of 5).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>whole<\/strong> is 5 (the number we are trying to find the percentage of).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Plugging the numbers into the formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Percentage} = \\left( \\frac{7}{5} \\right) \\times 100<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, divide 7 by 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{7}{5} = 1.4<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, multiply by 100 to convert it into a percentage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>1.4 \\times 100 = 140<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, 7 is <strong>140%<\/strong> of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This problem involves finding what percentage 7 is in relation to 5. The key idea is that percentages are a way of comparing a part to a whole by multiplying the ratio by 100. When the part (7) is larger than the whole (5), the percentage will be greater than 100%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand why the answer is 140%, consider that 100% represents the whole amount (5 in this case). If 7 is exactly the same as 5, it would be 100%. But since 7 is larger than 5, the percentage must exceed 100%. 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