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Algebra.Com's Answer #275602 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Per cent means out of 100.
\n" ); document.write( "So what a percentage does is compare the fraction to what it would be like out of 100.
\n" ); document.write( "So if you have the fraction $\"5%2F7\"$ , you can find it's equivalent percentage by,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%2F7=X%2F100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"X=500%2F7=71.4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So $\"5%2F7\"$ is the same as $\"71.4\"$ out of $\"100\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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