What number is 32% of 50?

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What number is 32% of 50?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-12T22:49:11

$32 % of 50 = 16$ $32% " of " 50 = 16$

Explanation:

There are a couple ways to do this, but a recent 'trick' I learned is that:

$x % of y = y % of x$ $x% " of " y = y% " of " x$

Using this 'trick' you can substitute $32 % of 50 with 50 % of 32$ $32% " of " 50 " with " 50% " of " 32$ .

$50 %$ $50%$ is the same as saying $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$ , so $\frac{32}{2} = 16 .$ $32/2 = 16.$

As a check, we'll do the other way, longhand:

The decimal form of $32 % is 0.32$ $32%" is " 0.32$

$50 \times 0.32 = (50 \times 0.3) + (50 \times 0.02)$ $50xx0.32=(50xx0.3)+(50xx0.02)$
$50 \times 0.3 = 5 \times 3 = 15$ $50xx0.3= 5xx3 = 15$
$50 \times 0.02 = 5 \times 0.2 = 1$ $50xx0.02=5xx0.2=1$
$15 + 1 = 16$ $15+1=16$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-12T22:49:45

$16$ $16$

Explanation:

Breaking down the word percent we get per, meaning out of, and cent, meaning $100$ $100$ . A percentage can be though of as our number out of $100$ $100$ or $\frac{n}{100}$ $n/100$ . In this case our $n$ $n$ is 32, therefore, $32 % = \frac{32}{100}$ $32% = 32/100$ . We can now determine $32 %$ $32%$ of $50$ $50$ by multiplying the two.
$\frac{32}{100} \cdot 50 = 16$ $32/100 * 50 = 16$ .

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