10.5% = 1.0 and 100% = 9.0
How to find number which is equal to 27.36% from this range?
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Roman Banakh
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$0.2736 \times 9$ – Karl Jan 20 '17 at 21:50
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1I like to think of $%$ as an abbreviation of division by $100$. – Git Gud Jan 20 '17 at 21:53
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@GitGud Thinking of percents as division is probably the best way to think about them :D – Simply Beautiful Art Jan 20 '17 at 21:55
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@gitgud indeed this way of viewing things demystifies the meaning of $120%$ – Karl Jan 20 '17 at 21:55
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I just realised my comment is completely out of place. I hadn't read the question properly. – Git Gud Jan 20 '17 at 21:58
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@GitGud Lol, and we all think your comment was great XD – Simply Beautiful Art Jan 20 '17 at 22:01
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@SimpleArt xD ${{{}}}$ – Git Gud Jan 20 '17 at 22:08
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1Are you sure these numbers are correct? if $10.5% = 1.0$, then $100%=9.52 \neq 9.0$. Please fix the percentages, otherwise there are two different answers. – Andrew Tawfeek Jan 20 '17 at 22:08
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Simple. If you meant $100\%=9$, then
$$27.36\%=\frac{27.36}{100}\times100\%=0.2736\times9=2.4624$$
If, however, you meant $10.5\%=1$, then
$$27.36\%=\frac{27.36}{10.5}\times10.5\%=2.6057$$
Simply Beautiful Art
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1@RomanBanakh :-( hm, you can't simultaneously have $10.5%=1$ and $100%=9$ then. – Simply Beautiful Art Jan 20 '17 at 22:07
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1@SimpleArt See my comment on the original post. The percentages you gave aren't right Roman, they both belong to different original amounts. – Andrew Tawfeek Jan 20 '17 at 22:10
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1@AndrewTawfeek I suppose I fixed it, accounting both cases... – Simply Beautiful Art Jan 20 '17 at 22:13
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1@SimpleArt Awesome :) Although I think OP was expecting one answer, so either he copied down the problem wrong or he misunderstood the problem – Andrew Tawfeek Jan 20 '17 at 22:14
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@AndrewTawfeek well, I got it right now either way I'd hope – Simply Beautiful Art Jan 20 '17 at 22:15
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Thanks guys for fast response. Probably I have made some mistake somewhere in my calculations. – Roman Banakh Jan 20 '17 at 22:20
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