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Sixteen and two thirds percent of x equals 3.2 what is x?

Can anyone help me solve this my final answer I get is forty eight over two hundred fifty but I am not sure if this is correct?

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    Use a calculator2012-05-03
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    If 16% of x is 3.2, would you expect x to be greater or less than 3.2?2012-05-03
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    Can you express sixteen and two thirds percent as a fraction?2012-05-03
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    yes it is 50/3 is the fraction.2012-05-03
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    Percent ($\%$) means divided by $100$. So it is a funny way to refer to the fraction $\frac{\frac{50}{3}}{100}$. This simplifies to $1/6$.2012-05-03

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