document.write( "Question 324844: need help what amount a pie graph percentage represebnts for example given a pie graph with different slices of percents question will ask you how many apples does 12 percent represent what math formula do you use to answer \n" ); document.write( "

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The best way to answer this question is with an example, I will use what you have given. Let's say you have 50 apples. If you made a pie graph, it would represent the total amount of apples. When you add the different slices of the graph together, they will equal 100%, which is the same as 50 apples. 100%=50 apples
\n" ); document.write( "Now, let's answer the question: how many apples does 12% represent?
\n" ); document.write( "First, you need to know how to write a percent in decimal form. To do this, you just divide the percent number by 100. So:
\n" ); document.write( "12% = 12/100 = 0.12
\n" ); document.write( "Next, we want to know how many apples does 12% represent, or what is 12% of our 50 apples?
\n" ); document.write( "To do this, multiply the percent amount you want to find by the total number of apples:
\n" ); document.write( "0.12*50
\n" ); document.write( "=6
\n" ); document.write( "So 12% of 50 apples is 6 apples. This is your answer.
\n" ); document.write( "So the formula is:
\n" ); document.write( "(% of total objects you want to find)*(total number of objects) \n" ); document.write( "

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