Problem Understanding: Understand the problem.We need to find out what percent 6 is of 8. This means we are looking for a percentage (x) such that when x% of 8 is taken, it equals 6.
Equation Expression: Express the problem as an equation.Let x be the percentage we are looking for. Then we can write the equation as (100x)×8=6.
Solving for x: Solve for x.To find x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 8.100x×8=6100x=86
Fraction Simplification: Simplify the fraction on the right side of the equation. 86 can be simplified to 43 by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 2.100x=43
Conversion to Percentage: Convert the fraction to a percentage.To find x, we multiply both sides of the equation by 100.x=(43)×100x=75