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what is a percent

 Jan 5, 2017
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A percent is a ratio whose second term is 100. Percent means parts per hundred. The word comes from the Latin phrase per centum, which means per hundred. In mathematics, we use the symbol % for percent.

 Jan 5, 2017
edited by AnimeLover  Jan 5, 2017
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A percent is a number between 0 and 100 which shows you how much of X you use.

 

X/100=1%

X/10=10%

X/1=100

 Jan 5, 2017

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