Question 946094
you would take 20.7 and divide it by 117 and then multiply the result by 100 to get the percent.


you would get:


20.7 / 117 = .1769 rounded to 4 decimal places.


this is called the ratio.


it is also called the proportion.


.1769 * 100 = 17.69% rounded to 2 decimal places.


this is called the percent.


you show that it's a percent by including the % symbol to the right of it so that everybody knows that it's a percent and not a ratio.


ratio = percent / 100 = 17.69% / 100 = .1769.


percent = ratio * 100 = .1769 * 100 = 17.69%.


the ratio itself is 20.7 / 117 in this case.