Question

What is 30% of 279?
A. 83. 7
B. 84. 69
C. 85. 50
D. 86. 49​

Answer 1

Answer: 83.7 - we can find this by doing 0.3 times 279 because finding a percent of a number is turning the percent into a decimal and multiplying it by the other number.

Answer 2

A. 83.7

Explanation:

To find the 30% of 279 you have to divide the 30 into 100 to convert the percentage into decimal this is true for all percentages and then multiply it by 279.

`(30)/(100)`×279= 83.7