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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They 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%.
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A circle that can measure percents.