How much is 5.9 percent of 2/6

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In the following example consider that:

The following question is of the type "How much X percent of W", where W is the whole amount and X is the percentage figure or rate".

Let's say that you need to find 5.9 percent of 1. What are the steps?

Step 1: first determine the value of the whole amount. We assume that the whole amount is 1.

Step 2: determine the percentage, which is 5.9.

Step 3: Convert the percentage 5.9% to its decimal form by dividing 5.9 into 100 to get the decimal number 0.059:

5.9100 = 0.059

Notice that dividing into 100 is the same as moving the decimal point two places to the left.

5.9 → 0.59 → 0.06

Step 4: Finally, find the portion by multiplying the decimal form, found in the previous step, by the whole amount:

0.059 x 1 = 0.059 (answer).

The steps above are expressed by the formula:

P = W × X%100

This formula says that:

"To find the portion or the part from the whole amount, multiply the whole by the percentage, then divide the result by 100".

The symbol % means the percentage expressed in a fraction or multiple of one hundred.

Replacing these values in the formula, we get:

P = 1 × 5.9100 = 1 × 0.059 = 0.059 (answer)

Therefore, the answer is 0.059 is 5.9 percent of 1.