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Can someone please teach me how to do percentage ​

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Answer:

value/total value • 100 = percentage

Explanation:

if 5 out 100 kids have red backpacks then 5% of kids have red backpacks

5/100 • 100 = percentage

0.05 • 100 = percentage

5% = percentage

if 13 cars out of 41 have flat tires, then 32% of the cars have flat tires

13/41 • 100 = percentage

0.31707317073... • 100 = 31.707317073... %

depending on your precision, you may include as many decimal places as you like, unless the question specifies it. For our example, we will round to 2 decimal places.

31.707317073... % = 31.71%

if you're looking to find percentages for probability, you will use the same equation.

the odds of flipping a coin and it landing on heads are 50%

possibilities:

Heads, Tails

there is one outcome where our result occurs out of the two possible outcomes

1/2 • 100 = percentage

0.5 • 100 = percentage

50% = percentage

Hope this helps and wasn't confusing

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