James wants to reserve a room at the party hall for his birthday. The deposit is $175 and for 6 hours it cost $625. What percent of the cost of the room is the deposit? Can someone show me how to work this problem out?

Question

James wants to reserve a room at the party hall for his birthday. The deposit is $175 and for 6 hours it cost $625. What percent of the cost of the room is the deposit? Can  someone show me how to work this problem out?

Steve · Answer

just divide the deposit by the total: 175/625 = 0.28 = 28%