Question

Which percentage of weight was lost if a patient weighed 102 kg and is currently 96 kg?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

you have to make a box like this:

║ ---------- ║------------ ║     label one side percent and the other amount

║   x%     ║    96 kg  ║

║ _    _   _║_____ _║   Now if the patient originally weighed 102 kg which

║100%    ║    120 kg ║    is 100% place the numbers in the bottom box.

║ _  _  _  ║ _   _   _ ║     and if the patient currently weighs 96 kg then let

 Percent     Amount       percentage of the weight lost be x. Now cross multiply.  You should get 100*96=120*x. Simplify that to get 9600=120x, now divide by 120 on both sides and you get 80 so x= 80. But the problem isn't done yet. Now you have to subtract 80% from 100% to find the weight lost, because 80% is the percentage of the current weight. after you have subtracted you get 20

20% of the original weight was lost.