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"percent" means "out of 100"20 percent of 5000 is:20/100 x 5000 = 1000Correct - as far as it goes.But the question was not 20 percent of 5000, it was 20 percent of 5000 percent.So the answer is 1000 percent. And that, in turn, gives the correct answer of 10
To calculate 15 percent of 5000, you first convert 15 percent to a decimal by dividing it by 100, which gives you 0.15. Then, you multiply 0.15 by 5000 to find the answer. Therefore, 15 percent of 5000 is 750.
4000 Solution Method: 1. Convert 80% to decimal: 80 / 100 = .8 2 Compute answer: .8 * 5000 = 4000 Note: You could also obviously do it this way too: 80 / 100 * 5000 = .8 * 5000 = 4000 ============== Original Posters Answer: To calculate p% of a number, you need to multiply it by p and divide by 100, so 80% of 5000 is 5000 * (80 / 100) = 5000 * (4/5) = 4000
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It's an 8% decrease.
13 dollars - 20 percent plus 8 percent = 11.232
221.00 plus 8 percent tax = 238.68
3.65 plus 8 percent tax = 3.94
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It is 5000*[(1+8/100)2 - 1] = 5000*[1.1664 - 1] = 5000*0.1664 = 832
3.99 plus 8 percent tax = 4.31
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"percent" means "out of 100"20 percent of 5000 is:20/100 x 5000 = 1000Correct - as far as it goes.But the question was not 20 percent of 5000, it was 20 percent of 5000 percent.So the answer is 1000 percent. And that, in turn, gives the correct answer of 10