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how do you find a percentage of a number?

 Aug 26, 2014

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There are many ways to do so. I simply get the number and mutiply it with the percentage in decimal. For Example: 1 is 100%, 0.4 is 40% ect.

if you were to find 40 percent of 500 you would do this:

$${\mathtt{500}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{0.4}} = {\mathtt{200}}$$

40% of 500 would be 200

 Aug 26, 2014
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There are many ways to do so. I simply get the number and mutiply it with the percentage in decimal. For Example: 1 is 100%, 0.4 is 40% ect.

if you were to find 40 percent of 500 you would do this:

$${\mathtt{500}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{0.4}} = {\mathtt{200}}$$

40% of 500 would be 200

TakahiroMaeda Aug 26, 2014

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