my friend and i are argueing to see if you can go over 100 percent in anything.
2007-07-13 07:23:20 · 16 answers · asked by chanel.simmons 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Yes you can, but not in everything. The first thing that comes to my mind is the % increase in something. Say you sell 10 apples in 1 day. Then the next day you sell 25 apples. Your percent increase is: ((25- 10)/10)x100% = 150% increase in sales.
However, as others point out, if you're talking about a percentage of something (eg. pie eaten, effort given, etc.) or something else like efficiency, the maximum is indeed only 100%. Anything more makes no sense.
2007-07-13 07:28:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mikey C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you're talking about. You can if you are talking about a percentage increase in something. If you say that the price of the book rose from $14 to $42, it increased 300%, or 3 times as much as it was before. In the same way, the number 50 is 500% of 10, since 10 x 5 = 50.
If you're talking about a finite thing, for example, 100% is the max. You can't eat 150% of the pizza because 100% is the whole thing. That's the difference.
2007-07-13 07:37:11 · answer #2 · answered by Baysoc23 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Percentage just means per 100. So 50%=50/100=0.5. 100% is the whole amount, 1, so yes it is possible to go over 100% as long as the numerator is larger than 100. Example 200% of 100 is 200!
2007-07-13 07:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mr P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you can.
If you have $10.00 in the bank at the start of the year and $100.00 at the end of the year, then what % has your money increased?
100 = x of 10
x=100/10= 10 = 1000%
If you want to find 1000% of 100. change the % to a decimal by moving it two places to the left getting 10. Then multiply 10*10 getting 100.
2007-07-13 07:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100%... Probably not, but less lives almost certainly could have been lost. Edit: Do we need to shut down a foreign affairs work on 9/11... no. But we sure could beef up security at sites where we had valid reports of elevated risks... which we had with Benghazi.
2016-03-19 06:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that depends on the context. You cannot get more than 100% on a test without extra credit, but you can give me 150% of $10 ($15), see?
2007-07-13 08:02:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can have more than 100% when you are talking about increases and decreases.
Here is an example:
You have $100 in your bank account in January. In July, you have $400. Your bank account balance has 300% more than what it had in January.
2007-07-13 07:34:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, you can.... well, at least that's what i think. But to support my answer, for example:
lets say your current salary is $10 per hour, your boss increases the current salary to $22per hour, 'cause your boss is nice? so the percent increase is (22- 10) / 10 = 1.2
1.2 x 100 = 120%
from $10 to $22, that's 120% increases
2007-07-13 07:29:41 · answer #8 · answered by 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If you're talking about something like giving over 100% effort, that is impossible because 100% is the absolute most possible effort.
2007-07-13 07:27:02 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, definitely.
You can go over 100% in things like price increase, population increase, etc.
2007-07-13 07:29:01 · answer #10 · answered by misscarinne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋