72% of what weight is 50 oz?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-25T00:49:49

Well, when we put it into an equation,

$0.72 = (72%)/(100%)$ ,

so that

$0.72 xx "weight (oz)" = "50 oz"$ .

"Of" indicates a multiplication, and "what weight"? Call it $x$ , or whatever you want.

Therefore, the original weight was:

$color(blue)"weight" = ("50 oz")/(0.72) = color(blue)"69.4 oz"$

If you take $72%$ of this, do you get $"50 oz"$ back?