document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=101561>Question 101561</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is 35% of 25.00 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #73926 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=doukungfoo><B>doukungfoo(195)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=doukungfoo><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=doukungfoo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=73926\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are always three elements to every percentage problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We call these rate, base, and amount.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rate is the percent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The base is total quantity of something.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A good way to determine base is ask your self \"percent of what?\" the \"what\" is the base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the amount is the part of something. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The relationship between rate, base, and amount give us three formulas:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So lets look at the question given here:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is 35% of 25.00?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First determine which two elements are given. Then choose the correct formula to find the third element.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate is the percentage so we can easily identify 35% as the rate.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now ask yourself \"percent of what?\" You answer 25.00 so 25.00 is the base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ok we know we have the rate and the base. Whats left? The amount. So we will use the formula:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "plug in what we know<BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount=(25.00)(35%)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to multiply 35% we need to convert it to a decimal by dividing by 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 35/100 equals .35 now we have this:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply 25.00 times .35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=amount=8.75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"amount=8.75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So 35% of 25.00 is 8.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: the % symbol literally means 1/100 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so for any number x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x% = x/100 </SPAN>\n" );
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