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  • 03-02-2021
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A student used the proportion n/100 = 5/26 to find 5% of 26. What did the student do wrong?​

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erinna erinna
  • 08-02-2021

Given:

A student used the proportion [tex]\dfrac{n}{100}=\dfrac{5}{26}[/tex] to find 5% of 26.

To find:

The student's mistake.

Solution:

Let 5% of 26 be n. Then,

[tex]n=\dfrac{5}{100}\times 26[/tex]

On dividing both sides by 26, we get

[tex]\dfrac{n}{26}=\dfrac{5}{100}[/tex]

So, the proportion used by the student was incorrect. The denominators of the proportion are interchanged.

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