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What is 32% of 144?

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What I use for a kind of problem like this is part over whole equals percent over 100. The whole is 144, the percent is 32% over 100. We need to find the part so we cross multiply. 144 times 32 is 4608. Divide that by 100 and u get 46.08.

Hope that helps!!

User Epignosisx
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Answer:

46.08

Explanation:

First you can either write an equation or a proportion:

But im gonna do a proportion

32 x

__________ = ___________

100 144

cross multiply:

100x=32 x 144

100x=4608

divide 4608 by 100= 4608


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