Write and solve an equation to answer the question. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.

140 towns is what percent of 1940 towns

Convert 140/1940 to %

The number they want is x.

x = 100*(140/1940) = 7.216494845...
Round it to 7.2 (%)

To find the percentage, we need to set up an equation using the given information.

Let x represent the percentage we need to find.

The equation can be written as:

x/100 = 140/1940

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

1940x = 140 * 100

Now, we can solve for x by dividing both sides of the equation by 1940:

x = (140 * 100) / 1940

Calculating this expression gives us x = 7.2164948454.

To round our answer to the nearest tenth of a percent, we round the decimal to the first decimal place:

x ≈ 7.2%

Therefore, 140 towns make up approximately 7.2% of 1940 towns.