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.
Questions tagged [percentages]
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Calculate remain discount for an amount .
Calculate remain discount for an amount .
Hi, i have a number X . So i have to give total 50% discount for the number . Now please see the situation
For X first we give 30% discount . So now the number is Y and Y= X*70/100 .
Second we have to give…
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Find percentage value between 2 numbers
Let's say I want to move a shape with coordinates.
The end position is: -500 pixels.
The start position is: 500 pixels.
Using a slider with a range of 1-100, I want to move the shape between the start and end position using percentage. When this…
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calculating percentage formula for service fee
I am working on an application that integrates with a payment service that charges a fee to use. I'm trying to come up with a formula, so I'll ask my question in a different format so that I don't have to get into unnecessary details.
Let's say…
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Calculate number knowing how much is a percentage of it
So, the question is, how to calculate the total number of players if I'm the 207th , placed 0.0167% of top.
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Precentance differerence on and off?
When calculating VAT on a number and off a number there is a difference, why is that? For example when putting a 24% VAT on 532.647 the VAT is 127.835 if you then ad the two numbers you get 660.483. When calculating the VAT off that number we are…
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What is my maths score as a percentage?
In my maths module, there are 2 phases. In the 1st phase, there are 2 tests. In the 2nd phase there is 1 test.
Phase 1's total weight is 60% and phase 2's total weight is 40%.
This is what I scored:
In Phase 1 - test 1: 92%
In Phase 1 - test 2:…
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how to interpret decreasing negative percentages
Here is a table of decreasing negative percentages, how would this be interpreted?
I think more items were shipped on time in July than in May or June.
Is this correct ?
Metric
May
June
July
% of items shipped on time
-12%
-8%
-5%
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How many mls of vodka should i add to 400ml of beer so that the resulting mixture contains 12% alcohol?
Assuming that beer contains 5% alcohol while vodka contains 40%
William
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how to calculate 10% above and 10 % below a number?
let say i have a number 10 how can i find number which is 10 % above and 10 % below this number.how do i calculate i am reading about %.please tell how to find it
how to calculate 10 % increase and % below of the number.lets say the Number is 10
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Percent with Money
The amount of money that Henry and Frank have is in
the ratio of $6 : 5$. After he spent $50%$ of his money,
Henry had $\$68$ less than Frank. How much did Henry
have left?
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Mathematically speaking, How % Completion was calculated on pivot table in Excel
I have a pivot table in Excel and I don't understand stand how mathematically it arrived with 70% for the % completion of our project.
There are 32 total line items, so I tried adding the 9 100%s as 9 1's, so 9 + .67 = 9.67/32 = .3021875 then - 1 =…
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What will be the monthly income after 2 months?
Jim's current income is $12000. If his monthly income increased by 10%. Find the total income after 2 months.
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