Question

What is 9% of 600?

Answer 1

54

Explanation:

First, understand that the word 'percent' literally translates from Latin to mean "for each hundred". This means that 9% is equivalent of saying "nine in each hundred". We can write this as a fraction:

`9%=9/100`

Now that we have a fractional representation, lets do the math:

`9/100xx600=9xx(6cancel(00))/(1cancel(00))`

`rArr 9xx6=color(green)(54 larr ans)`