Question 1006619: What percent is 3% of 5%
Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source):
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What percent is 3% of 5% ?
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The question is slightly provocative, because it is formulated incorrectly.
The correct formulation is:
What percent is 3% of 5% of an value?
The answer is: 100*0.03*0.05 = 0.15% of the value.
Again, what percent is 3% of 5% of an value? - It is 0.15% of the value.
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Comment from student: But in my maths textbook the correct answer is 60%
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It is even worst.
It means that not only the question is formulated incorrectly.
The answer is incorrect. too.
At least, it is my personal opinion.
At this level, it is not Math at all.
It is playing (is the game) with badly defined notions.
Sorry, I don't want to discuss it more.
Provocation, as I said from the very beginning.
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