Concept of Percentage

Concept of Percentage:

By a certain percent, we mean that many hundredths.

Thus, x percent means x hundredths, written as x%.

To express X % as a fraction : we have x%= x/100'

Thus \[ 20 \text % = \frac{20}{100} =\frac{1}{5} \]

TO express \[ \frac{a}{b} \]  as a percent : we have , \[ \frac{a}{b} \]  = (a/b)x 100 %

thus 1/4 =(1/4)x100%=25%.

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