SOLUTION: 0.5 percent of 80?

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Question 40026: 0.5 percent of 80?
Found 2 solutions by AnlytcPhil, stanbon:
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) About Me  (Show Source):
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0.5 percent of 80?

0.5% must first be changed to a decimal by
moving the decimal point right two places and
removing the % sign.

0.5% = 0.005

So the problem becomes

0.005 times 80 or 0.4

Edwin McCravy
AnlytcPhil@aol.com

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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0.5 percent of 80?
Change to fraction form to get:
% means "per 100", so
(0.5/100) (80)
=0.5(0.8)
=0.40
Cheers,
Stan H.