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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
2.8% of 5000= 2.8% * 5000= 0.028 * 5000= 140
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
5308
3.65 plus 8 percent tax = 3.94
5638
It is 5000*[(1+8/100)2 - 1] = 5000*[1.1664 - 1] = 5000*0.1664 = 832
3.99 plus 8 percent tax = 4.31
208%
"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