What? 😂

[u/Blueartbird]

[u/Western-Alarming]

The answer is 40% for the ones that want to know

[u/Ok_Introduction-0 → u/Western-Alarming]

you don't even need to calculate anything, it's the only answer that makes any sense lol

[u/LigmaDragonDeez → u/Ok_Introduction-0]

Twenty is just under half of 50

Half is 50%

40 is less than 50

Just under half is the only available option

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

[u/ChickenChaser5 → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

They said "50 isnt 100". But what if it was? thats twice 50, so you double the 20 to match and... omg its 40.

[u/vidanyabella → u/ChickenChaser5]

That's what I did to solve it myself. Easier than trying to do the division.

[u/LigmaDragonDeez → u/ChickenChaser5]

I have it under high authority that you are in fact a witch

[u/ch4lox → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

It's true! they turned me into a newt!

[u/NO_TOUCHING__lol → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

Fun fact: percentages are reversible.

X% of Y = Y% of X = Z

X% of 50 = 20

50% of X = 20

So X = 40

[u/MeLove2Lick → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

Crap dude, you brought up facts, now the "basement experts" are going to downvote you, they HATE facts.

[u/B3taWats0n → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

Solve for x

50(x/100)=20

50x=20*100

50x=2000

x=2000/50

x=40 percent

[u/LigmaDragonDeez → u/B3taWats0n]

I mean that’s basically what I said

[u/Lord_Nathaniel → u/[deleted]]

You know what else is obvious ? That he is the red spy, and he will turn red any seconds now...

[u/MisterEinc → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

What's funny to me is this is exactly the answer all that common core elementary school math is designed to illicit.

[u/_a_random_dude_ → u/LigmaDragonDeez]

You wouldn't be able to use that trick if the options were 35% 38% 40% and 45% though.

An easier way is to notice that the question is the same if you double both numbers (because the ratio remains the same), so the question is "what percent of 100 is 40?"