# Need help calculating unknown percentage

• April 14th 2009, 03:09 AM
salmanncb
Need help calculating unknown percentage
to achieve 100%, execute request in 5 days,
if I execute it in 1.5 days, what percentage have I achieved and how?

the percentage should go higher
• April 14th 2009, 03:16 AM
e^(i*pi)
If we assume the progression is linear then it's a ratio problem:

$\frac{1.5}{5} = \frac{x}{100}$

and solve for x (which will be a percentage)

If the progression is not linear then I'll need to know the relation between time and percentage
• April 14th 2009, 04:20 AM
salmanncb
Need Help
scenario is to achieve 100% I have to execute request with in 5 days, if i execute the request in 5 days i achieve 100% but if i execute the request in 2 days i should achieve a higher percentage, is there any formula to find the percentage, i believe if i 5/2 X 100= 250%? is this right
or will it be 5 = 100%
2 = 40%
so if i execute it in 2 days the percentage should be 140%?
• April 14th 2009, 07:04 AM
aidan
Quote:

Originally Posted by salmanncb
scenario is to achieve 100% I have to execute request with in 5 days, if i execute the request in 5 days i achieve 100% but if i execute the request in 2 days i should achieve a higher percentage, is there any formula to find the percentage, i believe if i 5/2 X 100= 250%? is this right
or will it be 5 = 100%
2 = 40%
so if i execute it in 2 days the percentage should be 140%?

What happens if you execute the request in six days?
• April 15th 2009, 05:28 AM
stapel
Quote:

Originally Posted by salmanncb
to achieve 100%, execute request in 5 days,
if I execute it in 1.5 days, what percentage have I achieved and how?
the percentage should go higher

What is the exact text of the exercise, please?

Thank you! :D