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What is 16% of 175 I need help

User Wasmoo
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Answer: 28

Explanation:

16% = 0.16

Percents are just decimals!

Now you can put this in your calculator, and you will get 28.

However:

It might help you later to know that x% of y = y% of x

In other words, 16% of 175 is the same thing as 175% of 16

This problem is easier, since we can break 175% into 1 and 3/4th. 3/4th of 16 is easy to calculate, (its 12), and so we can add 12 to 16 to find the answer, which is still 28 :)

No calculator needed!

User Swagath
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The answer= 28


16/100= 0.16
175•0.16= 28
User Adonijah
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