SOLUTION: How would you find the difference of two percentages in a pie chart? 45%-40%= 5 but there is no 5 in my answer choices, and there is a 50. would you have to divide 5 by 1

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Question 1087114: How would you find the difference of two percentages in a pie chart?
45%-40%= 5 but there is no 5 in my answer choices, and there is a 50.
would you have to divide 5 by 100 to get another appropriate answer?

Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the way I read it:
45% minus 40% of 45%
0.45*0.40 = 0.18 and 0.45-0.18 = 0.27 or 27%
So, summarizing:45%-40% = 27%
Good luck.

Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

How would you find the difference of two percentages in a pie chart?
45%-40%= 5 but there is no 5 in my answer choices, and there is a 50.
would you have to divide 5 by 100 to get another appropriate answer?
The difference between 45% and 40% or 45% - 40% is 5%, which can also be written, in decimal form as: .05. 

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