Calculating Mountain Height from Percentage

Let's solve this problem about Madelyn's hike. We are told she has hiked one hundred ninety point five meters, which represents sixty-two percent of the mountain's total height. We need to find the total height of the mountain to the nearest whole meter.

Let's define our variable first. We will let letter H represent the total height of the mountain.

We can set up a basic percent equation. Sixty-two percent of the total height is equal to the distance she has already hiked.

To solve this, we should convert the percentage to a decimal. Sixty-two percent is the same as decimal point six two.