Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Personal Finance - 8.1 Percent, Sales Tax and Discounts - Exercise Set 8.1 - Page 495: 46

Answer

8%

Work Step by Step

A is P percent of B A = PB $0.6 = P~(7.5)$ $P = \frac{0.6}{7.5}$ $P = 0.08$ To express a decimal as a percent, we can move the decimal point two places to the right. $P = 0.08 = 8\%$ 8% of 7.5 is 0.6
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