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Find 8% of 75. Show your work or explain how you arrived at your answer.

Please make the explanation simple

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8% of 75 is 6

Formula:

8÷100×75 which will give you 6 as the answer.
User Glennr
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Answer:

6

Explanation:

Let's make 8% into a fraction:


(8)/(100)

Since, finding a fraction of a number is also the same as multiplying the fraction with the number, we have this equation:


(8)/(100) of 75 =


(8)/(100) x 75.

Equaling to the answer:

6

I tried to keep it as simple as possible.

User Zac Crites
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