From the given information, we can establish the following rule of three:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 65\text{ miles ------ 100 \%} \\ 26\text{ miles ------- x} \end{gathered}[/tex]where x denotes the unknown percentage. then, by cross-multiplying the above number, we have
[tex]x\times65\text{ miles=26miles}\times100\text{ \%}[/tex]Then, by dividing both sides by 65 miles, we get
[tex]\begin{gathered} x=\frac{26\text{ miles }\times\text{ 100 \%}}{65\text{ miles}} \\ x=40 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the answer is 40 %
