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  • Nov 14, 2015, 07:17 PM
    brennaj2001
    Word Problem
    Please show me how to solve this word problem:
    There are 66 books in the Bible and 39 of these books are in the old testament. What percent of the Bible comprises new testament books?
  • Nov 14, 2015, 07:26 PM
    smoothy
    Have you read your textbook... because this is extremely basic... and extremely simple.

    You start by looking for the unknown quantity...then calculate the percentage of those of what you have been given.
  • Nov 15, 2015, 11:53 AM
    ma0641
    OH PULLEZZ. Simple math. 66-39= X. X/66=? Convert to%

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