A student used the proportion n/100 = 5/26 to find 5% of 26. What did the student do wrong?

Given:

A student used the proportion to find 5% of 26.

To find:

The student's mistake.

Solution:

Let 5% of 26 be n. Then,

On dividing both sides by 26, we get

So, the proportion used by the student was incorrect. The denominators of the proportion are interchanged.

dude   i don't even know. i've been trying for hours.

step-by-step explanation:

-2 is the right