Write down the Formulas based on Percentage and its application.
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Percentage Formula
What is the Percentage?
Percent implies “for every hundred” and its sign is “%”.It is read as the percentage and therefore x% is read as x percent. Therefore, a fraction with denominator 100 is called a percent. For example, 30 % means
30
100
(i.e. 30 parts from 100). This can also be written as 0.30.
Formula for Percentage
To calculate p % of q, use the following formula:
p
100
×
q
Also remember here : p % of q = q % of p
For Examples:
100
50
5
Steps to find out percentage value:
Visualize what a percentage represents. A percentage is an expression of some part of the whole.
Determine the value of the whole first.
Then find the value that we want to turn into a percentage.
Then put the two values into a fraction.
Convert the fraction into its decimal equivalent.
Finally, convert the decimal into a percent.