Question

Identify the base in this statement: 16% of 98 is 15.68

Answer 1

Ans: The base in the statement “16% of 98 is 15.68” is 98.

The three quantities in problems involving percent are Percent, Base, amount. ‘Percent’ has the percent (%) symbol. The base is the whole amount and the amount is the amount which comes after calculation the percent of the total amount.

So, in above problem, total amount i.e. Base is 98

Percent is 16%

And, the amount is 15.68.

Moreover, the base in the statement comes after the word ‘of’ and in above statement, the digit after ‘of’ is 98.