document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=796096>Question 796096</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Twelve is what percent of eighty six?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Translate into a linear equation and solve. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #481242 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=481242\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To calculate a certain percentage of an amount, you multiply that amount times the percentage expressed as a decimal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, 8% means 8 per 100, which is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as a fraction and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.08 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.08\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as a decimal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, to calculate 8% of 275, you calculate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=275%2A0.08=22 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"275%2A0.08=22\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= percent (expressed as a decimal) that we are looking for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=86x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"86x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= that percentage of 86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%2886x=12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%2886x=12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the linear equation you need<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=86x=12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"86x=12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=12%2F86 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=12%2F86\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=0.14=14%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=0.14=14%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rounded)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So 12 is about <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%2214%25%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%2214%25%22%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of 86.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we wanted to be more accurate, we could approximate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12%2F86 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12%2F86\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.13953 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.13953\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.1395 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.1395\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then we would say the answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%2213.953%25%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%2213.953%25%22%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%2213.95%25%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%2213.95%25%22%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The fraction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12%2F86=6%2F43 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12%2F86=6%2F43\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is a never-ending repeating decimal. It cannot be accurately expressed as a decimal of any length, so we have to approximate by rounding to a fixed number of decimal places. </SPAN>\n" );
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