Question

Questions 1-3 40 points

Answer 1

Answer:

  16%

Step-by-step explanation:

The additional wage amount is $80.

The original wage amount is $500.

The ratio of the two is ...

  $80/$500 = 0.16 = 16/100

To express that ratio as a percentage, multiply it by 100%.

  0.16 × 100% = 16%

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It might help you to think of the percent sign (%) as a fancy way to write "per hundred" (/100). Of course, using your knowledge of place value, you know that 0.16 = sixteen hundredths = 16/100.

Realizing the meaning of the % sign, you can immediately write this as 16%.