What is $28.95 of 4.5%?

1 Answer
Nov 29, 2016

4.5% of $28.95 = $1.3032

Explanation:

Solving for 4.5% of $28.95

The sign % is a unit of measurement that is worth 1/1001100

So 4.5%" of something is "4.5/100xx" something"4.5% of something is 4.5100× something

Writing your question as: " "4.5/100xx$28.96 4.5100×$28.96

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This is the same as:" "4.5xx($28.96)/100 4.5×$28.96100

Which is the same as" "4.5xx$0.2896 4.5×$0.2896

Note that 0.5 is the same as 1/212

4xx$0.2896" "= $1.15844×$0.2896 =$1.1584
1/2xx$0.2896" "=ul($0.1448) larr" add"
" "$1.3032

So 4.5% of $28.95 = $1.3032