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17 percent = 0.17
50% is the same as half. Half of $17 is $8.50
0.70 is equal to 70% It is not equal to 17 or 1/7
17.5 % or 17 and a half percent.
72.25
Expressed as a vulgar fraction, 17/20, or seventeen twentieths, is equal to 85 percent.
17/2 percent of 360 = 8.5% * 360 = 0.085 * 360 =30.6
85 percent is equivalent(equal) to .85 in decimal form, and 17/20 in fraction form.
Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, 17 percent is equal to 17/100 or seventeen hundredths.
17.5% = 7/40
The way I find percentages is: To find 17% I: Find 10 percent, Then half the 10 percent, to get 5 percent which makes 15%. Then find a 5th of the 5 % and double it to make 17%
To find 17 percent of a number, multiply the number by 0.17. In this instance, 0.17 x 175000 = 29750. Therefore, 17 percent of 175000 is equal to 29750.