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How do you figure what percent one number is of another number?
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∙ 12y ago
If you take '2' and '4', then 2 is 50% of 4.
To calculate that, use (2/4)*100 to get the percentage.
So to find out what percentage number 'x' is of number 'y', use (x/y)*100.
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