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Bob/PKB

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To find a specific percentage of a number, multiply the number by the percentage. Percentages are in 100ths, so 60% would be .60
As Benthere showed you, 5% is .05. 1.00 is 100%.

14 years ago. Rating: 2
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hector5559

hm,hum,well maybe,yea i guess your right,Bob.

commented 14 years ago

williamtheman

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14.5 is divided by 100 give you 0.145

multiply that by the percent you need 5 time 0.145=0.725

14 years ago. Rating: 1
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Colleen

Try to answer newer questions that don't already have correct answers. People get annoyed when they get e-mail alerts that their question has been answered when they've already had it answered properly weeks ago. ;)
Welcome to the forum. Any questions, just ask.

commented 14 years ago

williamtheman

i was trying to make it easy to understand I was aware of the correctly anwered reply

commented 14 years ago

Colleen

I can appreciate that but it was a homework question and it's 25 days old. I just wanted to make you aware that we do get people who come back complaining about the e-mail alerts and wanting to know how to remove themselves from the site. We prefer for them to keep using us, rather than leave us ;)

commented 14 years ago

williamtheman

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I see colleen I am new to this and i do see what you are saying thank you