SOLUTION: 110%of99iswhat number

Question 74732: 110%of99iswhat number
Found 3 solutions by mathman409, jim_thompson5910, ptaylor:
Answer by mathman409(67)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
OF IS ANOTHER WORD FOR TIMES. %MEANS THAT THE NUMBER THAT HAS THIS SIGN IS DIVIDED BY 100.
SO,IT IS:
1.10*99
1.10*99=108.9
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert 110% to a decimal number

Remember "of" means multiply "is" means equals and "what number" will be x.
So the equation looks like:
Multiply 99 by 1.10

So 110% of 99 is 108.9
Answer by ptaylor(2198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
110%of99iswhat number

110% of 99 equals 99 multiplied by 1.1
99*(1.1)=108.9

Another way to look at this is as follows:
110% of 99 equals 100% of 99 which is 99 plus another 10% of 99 which is 9.9
So 99+9.9=108.9

Hope this helps----ptaylor
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