you and 2 friends go out to dinner. The food bill comes to $35.20, and you are charged an aditional 6% sales tax. You then want
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Let's call the number you thought of n. Then what the two steps you took can be written as an equation:
Subtract n to get all of your variables to one side:
At this point, I recommend turning your mixed number into an improper fraction. It will make things easier later on:
Now divide both sides by 11 to get the value of n:
Subtract n to get all of your variables to one side:
At this point, I recommend turning your mixed number into an improper fraction. It will make things easier later on:
Now divide both sides by 11 to get the value of n:
<h2>QUESTION</h2>
What is 33% of 400?
<h2>ANSWER AND EXPLANATION</h2>To find the percent of a number, you have to change the percent into a decimal or a fraction and multiply by the number.
<h3>DECIMAL</h3>To change a percent into a decimal, remove the percent sign and move the decimal point 2 places to the left.
Now that you have your decimal, multiply by 400:
ANSWER = 132
<h3>FRACTION</h3>To change a percent into a fraction, make the percent number as the numerator(top number) and 100 as the denominator(bottom number) since fractions are out of 100.
Now that you have your fraction, multiply by 400:
ANSWER = 132
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