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to solve this problem, we need to convert some language into various math operations. first of all, both the percent symbol (%) and the word "percent" mean "to divide by 100". additionally, the word "of" just means "to multiply".

using this information, let's simplify the expression given to us in the prompt:

let's get rid of that decimal in the fraction by multiplying both the numerator and denominator by 1, in the form of :

we can further simplify this by canceling the common factors in the numerator and denominator:

now we have a simplified expression that we need to compare the answer choices to. once again, we'll need to convert from language to math and then simplify the expressions.

a.  3 percent of 20x

b.  x percent of

c.  3x percent of 0.2

d.  0.05 percent of 3x

e. 

thus, the only two statements that are equivalent to the given are answer choices b and e.