The word is derived from the Latin 'per centum' meaning 'by the hundred' The words arose because the Emperor Augustus levied a tax of 1/100 on all goods sold at auction
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β 12y agoThey are all the same, fractions can be turned into percents and percents can be turned into fractions. hope that helps :)
lawyers use percents when figureing out prices and taxes of houses
percents are used to dealing with math for example you can always do 45/100% wich reduces to 450%.
A circle that can measure percents.
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No one invented percents.
percents are numbers over 100
20 percents
They are all the same, fractions can be turned into percents and percents can be turned into fractions. hope that helps :)
Percents are 100 times larger (and that is by definition!).
Percents are basically decimals, and we use decimals as numbers with extra, tiny proportions. Percents are just ways to make those decimals into a whole, more friendlier number. But, percents can also be made with decimals as well.
lawyers use percents when figureing out prices and taxes of houses
No, they are not.
Percents are easier since they don't need to be converted. It saves a step.
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percents are used to dealing with math for example you can always do 45/100% wich reduces to 450%.