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After setting up the proportion, what is the next thing you do to find the percent of a number?

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After you set the proportion you divide the result of that proportion by a 100 to find the percent of a number.

For example, if you want to calculate 15% of 200 you first set:


(15\cdot200)=3000

Then you divide by 100:


(3000)/(100)=30

therefore the 15% of 200 is 30.

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