If you mean: $60 is what percent of $80?
Then:
"is" means =
"what" means x
"percent" means /100
"of" means *
60 = x/100 * 80
60 = x * 0.8
x = 60 / 0.8
x = 75
Answer: $60 is 75% of $80
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If you mean: $80 is what percent of $60?
Then:
80 = x/100 * 60
80 = x * 0.6
x = 80 / 0.6
x = 133.33333 (3's forever)
Answer: $80 is about 133.33% of $60.