Lesson A percent is nothing but 1/100

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A percent, expressed by a % sign, is nothing more than 1%2F100. A percent is not a nebulous, complicated notion, it is simply a number that is equal to exactly 1%2F100.

So, when you see some number of percents, such as 30%, all that it means is 30%2A%281%2F100%29+=+0.3. That's all.

Percents are usually used to discuss relation of one number in comparison with another, simply because "thirty percent of" is easier to pronounce that "zero point three of".
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