SOLUTION: in a class of 48 students,4 are absent.what percent is absent?

SOLUTION: in a class of 48 students,4 are absent.what percent is absent?

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Question 186161: in a class of 48 students,4 are absent.what percent is absent?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4/48=.08333 or 8.33 % are absent.
The question here is 'What percentage is 4 of 48'
If you divide 48 by 4 you do get 12 which would be 1,200%.
How can 4, a smaller number, be 1,200% greater than 48, a greater number????????
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