A percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of $100$. It is often denoted using the percent sign, "$%$", or the abbreviation "$\mathrm{pct}$." -Wikipedia. Percentages are used when describing portions or proportional changes.
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How to calculate the percentage between two numbers using a third number
I'm sorry if my question was too stupid, this is my first question here and i'm too bad at math.
I'm trying to develop a program and i got into this problem. I have two numbers Mix and Max.
Let's say:
Mix = 1000
Max = 2000
and the actual price now…
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Calculate percentage with an offset
I'd like to calculate the position of a vertical axis (so a percentage of the axis), but the initial value of that axis isn't 0.
Graph for explanation
For example here I have a graph with initial value of 500 and final value of 15000. I'd like to be…
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Calculate overall percentage based on subpercentages
I don't know if the title is the most correct, if not I apologise.
I have a project with files that I have to translate, each file can vary in terms of the percentage that ALREADY HAS BEEN TRANSLATED, example:
File1: 38%
File2: 12%
File3:…
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Calculate sales tax Rate U.S./Canada in Excel: If pre-tax amount, sales tax amount paid, grand total paid, but UNKNOWN Sales Tax Rate?
I need to create a calculation for Excel or on paper to (not a website or app):
Partial refunds and sales tax to apply without knowing the U.S. State’s Sales Tax Rate.
Example of problem: If I know my subtotal is: $\$27.99$ And my Tax Amount is:…
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Using a percentage as a multiplier
Okay, so I'm no mathematics genius as you'll soon see, so don't know what to google for here, so thought I'd give you nice folks a try.
Imagine my Salesperson X has a 33% closure rate; i.e. from every 3 prospects they have, they turn one of them…
Dan
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Calculating price of a Product after Comission without loss in original price
Say a product value is 100 and I need to pay comission of 27% for every sale. Which means 27 so i get 73 in hand. Now in case if i don't want to loose margin and want full 100 in hand then what will be the formula to calculate the price for which…
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How to find percentage for a given set of numbers?
If I have a set of numbers known in advance, how do I know which percentage is each number. What is the mathematical equation to do that?
For example, if I know I have the numbers 1,2,3,4,5. I know that 1 is 20%, 2 is 40%, 3 is 60%, 4 is 80% and 5…
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Difference among values taking in consideration percentage difference and absolute difference
My problem is pretty much straightforward and trivial for the vast majority of you, but I would love to have any hints on how to resolve it.
I need to measure and rank the difference in product sold between $2$ years ($2020$ vs $2019$). But I must…
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How to calculate percentage with a starting range of greater than 0
I am trying to deduce the percentage of a number x that is within the range of a and b.
For example, we know that 7 is 7% of 100. Given, 0 - 100: 7 is equal to 7%.
If the acceptable range was between 2 and 4, the value of 3 would be 50%. What is the…
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How to calculate % returns with multiple sources?
I have $\$X$ in a certain investment with A% monthly return.
And I also have $\$Y$ in another investment with B% monthly return.
How do I calculate my overall % monthly return?
Should I give percentual weights to X and Y and multiply these weights…
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Boost percentage after the class test
The question is fairly simple and basic but I am not getting exact answer after all sort of trials.
In a classroom we can have n (let's take $n=3$) students whose knowledge is defined on discrete scale of $[p, q]$ (let's take $p=20, q=40$) now…
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sum of individual percentage changes vs. total percentage changes
Two bank branches are asked in month 0 to reduce their cash holding ratios and the effort will be reviewed after 1 month by the director of the bank (responsible for branch 1 and branch 2). The bank director is wondering why branch 2 is reporting…
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Calculating percentages based on a known ratio but unknown values
I am mixing a chemical solution and working up a chart for this.
The ratio is:
49% part 1
49% part 2
2% part 3
Part 1 and part 2 are always the same quantity.
If I start from a known total quantity — ie, “I want to make a total of 1000mL of…
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What does this percentage deduction mean?
I am trying to understand this deduction of fees in this excel spreadsheet someone gave me. For a given salary (S) a deduction of 55% in fees supposed to be made. In the spreadsheet, the deduction is expressed as:
$$ \frac{S}{(1 + 0.55)} $$
So,…
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What is effective percentage?
I want to know more about concept of effective percentage. For example A sells to B at profit of 20 % and B sells to C at profit of 10 %. Then their effective profit percentage?
effective percentage = A + B + AB/100, i.e 20 + 10 + 200/100 = 32 %
I…
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