A few days ago
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How do you know where to move the decimal point to solve this problem; 17.6% of 385 = ?

How do you know where to move the decimal point to solve this problem; 17.6% of 385 = ?

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A few days ago
mailatac

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The easiest way to remember is to think of a “percentage” as part of 100%.

Knowing this, move thedecimal point left two spaces for the two zeroes in 100 (making it .176) and then multiply the two numbers.

Thus 385 x .176 = 67.76

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A few days ago
navy_bison
17.6% means 17.6/100, which is equivalent to the decimal form of 0.176. Move the decimal two places left because we are multiplying through by 100/100

.176 of 385 = 67.76

To check take 385-67.76 = 317.24 then divide by 385 to get .824

add .824 and .176 = 1 = 100%

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A few days ago
Deedee H
When dealing with percents you are always going to be moving two decimal places. Because percent means parts out of 100. So if you forget, always divide by 100 to see where it should be. EX: 17.6 / 100 = .176 (which does move it 2 places)

Now multiply .176 x 385 = 67.76

Good luck!

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A few days ago
teacher93514
To change a per cent to a decimal number, move the decimal 2 places to the left. 17.6% = .176. If there are no decimals in the original number, use zeros to indicate the places. 1% = .01, 20% = .2, .005% = .00005, 700% = 7
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