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Solution for 'What is 49% of 60?'
In the following example consider that:
- The percentage figure is represented by X%
- The whole amount is represented by W
- The portion amount or part is represented by P
Solution Steps
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 49 percent of 60. What are the steps?
Step 1: first determine the value of the whole amount. We assume that the whole amount is 60.
Step 2: determine the percentage, which is 49.
Step 3: Convert the percentage 49% to its decimal form by dividing 49 into 100 to get the decimal number 0.49:
49100 = 0.49
Notice that dividing into 100 is the same as moving the decimal point two places to the left.
49.0 → 4.90 → 0.49
Step 4: Finally, find the portion by multiplying the decimal form, found in the previous step, by the whole amount:
0.49 x 60 = 29.4 (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 = 60 × 49100 = 60 × 0.49 = 29.4 (answer)
Therefore, the answer is 29.4 is 49 percent of 60.