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document.write( "Part/Whole = %/100 [Formula for percent]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/40=32/100 [Plug-in the values]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100x=(40)(32) [Cross-multiply]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100x=128 [Solve for x]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100x/100=128/100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=$12.8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by plugging all of the values back into the formula for percent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12.8/40=32%/100<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".32=.32 [Checks out}<BR>\n" );
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