Find: 15% of 56
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2007-05-01 07:35:15 · 8 answers · asked by hillio m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Find the amount when the base and percent are known.
amount = base x percent
convert 15% to decimal
remove the % symbol. divide 15 by 100
15 / 100 = 0.15
Multiply 56 times the decimal
56 x 0.15 = 8.4
The amount is 8.4
8.4 is 15% 0f 56
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2007-05-01 08:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by SAMUEL D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
56/100=.56= 1% of 56
(1% of 56) * 15= 15% of 56
.56*15=8.4
8.4
2007-05-01 14:40:33 · answer #2 · answered by samoswaldsmalley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 8.4
56 * 15/100
Will give you the right answer.
Alex
2007-05-01 14:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Alex G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8.4 - how do you arrive at the other answers?
2007-05-01 14:39:09 · answer #4 · answered by Redhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8.4 because: 56*0,15 = 8.4
2007-05-01 14:43:43 · answer #5 · answered by Sotto 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.15x56=8.4
2007-05-01 14:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by really 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8.4
2007-05-01 14:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by Stellar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8.4
2007-05-01 14:38:26 · answer #8 · answered by Mohammad J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋