document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=2345>Question 2345</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to figure out the basis of a percentage amount.  Example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "394,019.13 x 4% = 15,760.76     What do I need to do to do it the opposite way.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " As in, if I start out with the 15,760.76 what do I need to do to get to the basis which is 394,019.13?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  In the example, you know the percentage(here it is 4%) and the amount/number  (here in this case, 394,019.13) but don't know the percentage amount. Then what <BR>\n" );
document.write( "you do is as below:-<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*394,019.13  i.e.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                 = 15,760.76(rounded off)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   In the same way, if we are given the percentage amount and percentage, we have to do it as below taking the above example.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*15,760.76  i.e<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                 = 394,019.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  So write the percentage & 100 upside down as the case may be to get the correct answer.  Here, there is a difference of 0.13 in  the number/amount just because you have rounded off the percentage amount.  Still if you want the correct amount, you have to use the log and antilog tables.  I don't know in which standard/class/grade you are in.  O.K.\r<BR>\n" );
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