Question

Write down the Formulas based on Percentage and its application.
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Answer 1

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.