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What is 18.5% of 500?

User Scottish Smile
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Answer: 92 1/2 or 92.5

Explanation:

how to solve?

Put it into a percent proportion :D!

Percent proportion is is/of=%/100 or a/w=p/100

The a stands for "part"

and the w stands for "whole"

p stands for "percent"

Is/of=%/100 will help you figure it out if it's in a mathmatical sentence.

Since they did NOT give you what the "is" is, you put the variable "a"

a/ =

Next,

Since it said "of"

You put of underneath the unknown number "is" (a)

a/500=

Now put in the percent

a/500=18.5/100

Now cross multiply!

Then you should get 92.5!

HOPE THIS HELPS :DDD

User Jeroen Baert
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Answer:

92.5

Explanation:

18.5% = 0.185

0.185 x 500 = 92.5

Hope that helps!

User TyrManuZ
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