Answer
percent
Work Step by Step
"Cent" is often a root in words that mean one hundred.
Percent is a way of stating a ratio where the whole portion is 100.
20% can also be stated as "20 of 100" or $\frac{20}{100}$.
Prealgebra (7th Edition)
by Martin-Gay, Elayn
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321955048
ISBN 13:
978-0-32195-504-3
Chapter 7 - Vocabulary Check - Page 521: 3
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