Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
you have to make a box like this:
║ ---------- ║------------ ║ label one side percent and the other amount
║ x% ║ 96 kg ║
║ _ _ _║_____ _║ Now if the patient originally weighed 102 kg which
║100% ║ 120 kg ║ is 100% place the numbers in the bottom box.
║ _ _ _ ║ _ _ _ ║ and if the patient currently weighs 96 kg then let
Percent Amount percentage of the weight lost be x. Now cross multiply. You should get 100*96=120*x. Simplify that to get 9600=120x, now divide by 120 on both sides and you get 80 so x= 80. But the problem isn't done yet. Now you have to subtract 80% from 100% to find the weight lost, because 80% is the percentage of the current weight. after you have subtracted you get 20
20% of the original weight was lost.