Question 1029501: What is 16 2/3% of 24?
Thanks in Advance Found 3 solutions by josmiceli, Alan3354, MathTherapy:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Per Cent means " per 100 " so
16% would be 16/100 or
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You have 16 2/3 % also and that is less
than 1% which is 1/100 or .01
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So that tells me that 2/3 % has to look
something like: .00XXX . . . where the
X's are some numbers. In this case:
2/3% = ( rounded off )
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So, adding them together I have:
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and now:
16 2/3% of 24 =
The answer is really , since anything extra
is due to my rounding off the 2/3%
Hope this helps Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is 16 2/3% of 24?
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16 2/3 = 50/3% (Mixed number are useless)
--> (50/3)/100
((50/3)/100)*24 = 12/3 = 4
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16 2/3% = 1/6 - you should recognize that.
24/6 = 4