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Procedural Steps for Calculating Budget Performance

A department head is analyzing a project budget where the actual expenditure was $144,000 against a projected budget of $96,000. To report the variance, the head must solve the question: '144 is what percent of 96?'

Based on the standard percent-sentence-to-equation process, describe the step-by-step procedure required to translate this sentence into a mathematical equation, solve for the unknown value, and express the final result in the correct format.

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