document.write( "Question 910976: If 24% equals 480 quarts. How many quarts are in 100% ? \n" ); document.write( "
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Three things you need to remember to do this .
\n" ); document.write( "1) You want to know 24% of x=240
\n" ); document.write( "2)percent of (% of) means multiply by the decimal or fraction equivalent of percent
\n" ); document.write( "24% (24 out of a hundred)=.24 (24 hundredths) or 24/100
\n" ); document.write( "3) per cent means out of one hundred which is where we get the name of the penny one cent since it is one per (cent) of one hundred.
\n" ); document.write( "24x/100=480
\n" ); document.write( " can also be written
\n" ); document.write( ".24x=480
\n" ); document.write( "Some people like to get rid of decimals and fractions right away.
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides by 100
\n" ); document.write( "24x=480 00 by adding two zeroes
\n" ); document.write( "divide by 24
\n" ); document.write( "x=20 00
\n" ); document.write( "x=2,000
\n" ); document.write( "24 % of 2000 quarts is 480 quarts\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This seems reasonable since 24 per cent is almost 25 %
\n" ); document.write( "One quarter is 1/4
\n" ); document.write( "which would be 1/4 of 2000= 500\r
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