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Finding a percentage of a total amount: Real-world situations

A file that is 258 megabytes is being downloaded. If the download is 13.3% complete, how many megabytes have been downloaded? Round your answer to the
nearest tenth.

User BEvans
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Answer: 34.3 megabytes

Explanation:

To find how many megabytes have been downloaded you must multiply 13.3% by 258. 13.3% can be written as the decimal 0.133

Now let's multiply


258×
0.133=34.314

Rounded to the nearest tenth that is 34.3

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