What is 15% of 300?

Answer: 15% of 300 is 45.Step-by-step explanation:Create a percent proportion. In other words, create two equal fractions.Because 15% is really just 15 out of 100, the fraction that represents this is 15/100. On the other side of the equal sign, you would create a fraction that represents the part/whole relationship. In this case, we are missing the part, and have the whole (300.).Your proportion would look like this.15/100 = x/300Next, cross multiply (numerator x denominator).15 multiplied by x = 15x100 multiplied by 300 = 30015x = 300 Finally, isolate the variable (x). You do this by using the inverse operation. Because 15x is multiplication, you'd divide 15x by 15 to get x by itself. Whatever you do to one side of the equal sign, you must do to the other. So 300 divided by 15 = 45.Therefore, x = 45 and that means that 15% of 300 is 45.

Answered by mguskin | 2025-07-23